Lade - warm, dry and sunny, W3 - The garden moth trap hasn`t been particularly busy of late but did include a migrant Gem on Tuesday night, only the second site record; Jersey Tigers continue to be numerous with eight last night. Bird wise the bay has been decent for waders; this morning I went down on the outgoing tide where the Curlew flock had just returned from roosting and was conveniently lined up not too far out and just begging to be accurately counted - all 395 of them! I reckon it`s best not to take this long-lived wader for granted as it is in serious decline as a breeding bird in Britain and Ireland, due to habitat loss, and no doubt in the not too distant future will tumble off a cliff-edge numbers wise and become something of a rarity. On a more positive note Dunlins had increased to c700 and the Little Stint was still present for its third day. Passage Yellow Wagtails continue to drop in along the beach where they appear to find plenty to feed on amongst the rotting Sea Kale.
Called in at the ARC this morning where three Great White Egrets were present along with a distant Black-necked Grebe amongst the wildfowl. The bushes were noticeably devoid of birds although the wind had started to pick up. Elsewhere today an Osprey was reported at Lade and was probably the one seen at Dengemarsh this afternoon, while the Glossy Ibis was back at its usual haunt on ARC (DS) and a Black Tern flew past the fishing boats (MC).
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