As an emergency measure we extended the wardening last night.  We finished up at midnight and started again at 3:30 am. 

Around 4 am the Gulls started swooping on the nesting enclosure and the 2 wardens on duty chased off a number of attacks so there were no further losses.  We clearly need wardening at first light and we will continue this if we possibly can.  Thank goodness for the fantastic volunteers who are making this possible!!

When I scan the enclosure, it's sad to see the nest markers beside all those empty nests but the Little Terns waste no time.  There is a huge amount of activity with courtship displays and nest digging, it's sometimes quite frantic and can be really spectacular to watch.