Barry Buddon and Easthaven

I took advantage of the opening of Barry Buddon on Friday which appears to remain free of live firing for the rest of the month. There were 9 Wheatears near the lighthouses and a Kestrel chasing another small raptor which could have been a Merlin or a small male Kestrel. On the beach were 17 Grey Plover, 1 Golden Plover, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, Curlews, Sanderlings, various gulls and around 150 terns, Arctic, Common and Sandwich.

To me, the tern third from the left is a Roseate Tern. I've used various tools to check the beak colour and measured the bird against the other terns for length and looked at many photos. I note it also has rings on both legs. I had seen it on the beach from afar and when a Great Black-backed Gull flushed all of the terns I took a few speculative shots and look to have got lucky

Grey Plovers, some of a flock of seventeen on the beach north of the lighthouses at Barry Buddon

Very wary birds, photos from around 70 metres 

There were seven of these young Swallows on the roof of the "North Firing Range Hut" which borders the golf links. Elsewhere along the beach many Swallows appeared to be migrating southwards

It was raining at this point but not enough to stop the adults feeding the youngsters

Antler Moth on Barry Buddon

Peacock Butterfly, near Happy Valley on Barry Buddon 

Tapered Drone Fly on Barry Buddon

A very wet male Reed Bunting in front of the car park at Easthaven

There are very large numbers of Starlings along the beach just now, they are feeding on the stranded seaweed. On the day after I took this we were watching a young cow which had got into/under this device and had Starlings around its feet, when a female Sparrowhawk flew under the structure trying to take a Starling, it failed but didn't go far, waiting for a second chance

Golden Plover, one of six at Hatton

Wheatear north of Hatton, one of seven along the beach fence line where the tank traps are situated

Bar-tailed Godwits, Hatton

Curlews, Hatton