The number of nests on the beach rose to 7 as of yesterday.  3 nests have 2 eggs in them, and the remaining 4 nests have 1 egg each in them.  One of the birds with 2 eggs has been incubating the eggs for a few days so that clutch is complete.  The others only tend their eggs now and then until they are ready to incubate.  This makes locating the nests very tricky, when the birds aren't at their nests they are more or less impossible to find.  There may well be more than 7 nests there already, we should get a better handle on figure over the next few days.  Photo of nest number 7 below.



There are lots of Ringed Plover chicks running around on the beach now too, several clutches seem to have hatched in the last few days, so it appears to be a very successful year for them so far.

The sunset was fantastic at Baltray last night......