There was no sign of the Yellow-browed Warbler but a Pied Flycatcher in the Entrance Bushes mirrored one on the same date last year. There have only been two other October records, both on the 3rd in 1974 & 1980.
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| Pied Flycatcher - Jim Summers |
Elsewhere five Chiffchaff were on site, the Long-billed Dowitcher was again in an area with no general access, five Sandwich and a juvenile Common Tern were on Finger Point and a Buzzard flew low over Dead Dolphin Wood, mobbed by the resident Kestrel.
Other Wildlife: In the warm weather a total of nineteen Common Lizard were basking in a favoured area, mostly small immatures, suggesting a good breeding season on site. Also active in the warm weather, a “late” Early Mason Wasp Ancistrocerus nigricornis, several Common Darter, a few Migrant Hawker, a Comma and a Clouded Yellow.
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| Early Mason Wasp Ancistrocerus nigricornis - Alan Keatley |
Other records included the first attempted breeding of Rosemary Beetle, and on the beach, Black Marram Weevil Otiorhynchus atroapterus and hundreds of cockles deposited by the recent gale.
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| Rosemary Beetle - Alan Keatley |
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| Black Marram Weevil Otiorhynchus atroapterus - Alan Keatley |
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Cockles - Alan Keatley
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