Its been a bit quiet on the bird front

Recently sea watching has been mostly just that, watching the sea and hoping that a bird just might appear. On the 4th August, amongst the few Common and Sandwich Terns moving offshore this adult Little Tern appeared.  

There have been a few Mediterranean Gulls also moving off shore, this one is a smart juvenile.

Today, another very quiet day on the peninsular, a couple of juvenile Black Terns appeared on the RSPB reserve, one on Burrowes and a second on ARC.

It did land amongst a flock of roosting Common Terns and started to preen before lifting off again.

At the dipping pond an adult Little Grebe was feeding its 3 Littler Grebes,

Here the adult has caught a froglet, presumably a Marsh froglet. 

Next week, the temperatures are forecasted to be up in the high twenties and even thirty degrees but the wind is going to have some east in it. Fingers crossed for some migrant arrivals.