Rainham mega

[Eastside Urchin]

A whie tailed plover is currently at rainham marsh rspb,they will stay open till 9pm tonight

this is a very rare bird for the uk and massively rare for rainham and London

[Eastside Urchin]

Twitched,what a bird

[Dagger03]

Rob - common sandpiper almost alongside the plover at about 3pm.

Chicory (large blue daisy like plants) very common all over the reserve.

Deadly nightshade in the wooded area.

And very close to the centre, on the ragwort, quite a lot of cinnebar moth catapillars (about an inch long, and black and yellow hooped, almost wasp like).

 

Not sure if the plover is still there today as the web site is down. If it is, the reserve will be open from 6.30 this morning.

 

When I was there, there were about 300 people there.

[Eastside Urchin]

Didn't get the common sand,seems the plover had dissapeared overnight as well

[Dagger03]

As at 11.17 today the white tailed pover had not been relocated.

[Eastside Urchin]

Short stayer,I am going to check a couple of local sites in the morning,it may of got fedup with the lapwings pestering it and gone elsewhere,maybe ingrebourne!??