A Lapwing in the estuary was just the third record of the year, the earliest arrival since 2019. Also present 94 Ringed Plover, 93 Dunlin, 79 Teal, 24 Sanderling, 20 Greenshank, 13 Mediterranean Gull, six Eider, five Turnstone, a Spotted Redshank, a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper and an adult and juvenile Osprey, with a couple of hours between sightings.
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| Ringed Plover, darker northern races are now moving through - Lee Collins |
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| Sanderling - Dean Hall |
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| Curlew Sandpiper - Dean Hall |
Curlew Sandpiper - Dave Jewell
Elsewhere migrants included single Wheatear and Whinchat and a few grounded Meadow Pipit, with two Great Northern Diver offshore and 11 Common Tern out of the estuary at dawn, five lingering Arctic Skua and a Pomarine Skua heading S.
Other Wildlife: Insect numbers were down compared to yesterday in the overcast conditions with fewer dragonflies and butterflies, although four Red Admiral and two Painted Lady were recorded.
Diptera species included Pied Volucella pellucens and Wasp Plumehorn V. inanis and the hump-backed fly Borophaga incrassata, a parasite of St Mark's Fly.
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| Borophaga incrassata - both Alan Keatley |
Other invertebrates included Dune Wolf Spider Xerolycosa miniata by the flood protection wall, several Wasp Spider in Greenland Lake and a White-zoned Furrow Bee Lasioglossum leucozonium along the Back Path.
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| White-zoned Furrow Bee Lasioglossum leucozonium - Alan Keatley |
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| Wasp Spider - Dean Hall |
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