A late afternoon visit on a dropping tide saw 62 Turnstone, 42 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 32 Teal, 22 Sanderling, 21 Redshank, six Greenshank, two Red-breasted Merganser and a Grey Plover in the estuary.
Elsewhere eight Great Crested Grebe, four Common Scoter, four Eider, two Great Northern Diver and two Sandwich Tern were offshore, the pair of Tufted Duck were on the Main Pond, 55 Linnet and eight Chiffchaff were on site and a calling Grey Heron flew very high east.
Other Wildlife: The continuing good weather is increasing the variety of insects including nectaring Yarrow Blacklet Cheilosia vernalis, Furry Dronefly Eristalis intricaria and the picture-winged fly Tephritis vespertina.
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| Furry Dronefly Eristalis intricaria - Alan Keatley |
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| Yarrow Blacklet Cheilosia vernalis - Alan Keatley |
A male Trimmer's Mining Bee Andrena trimmerana was warming up on a fence with an Ichneumon stramentor on a wall near Langstone Rock.
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| Trimmer's Mining Bee Andrena trimmerana - Alan Keatley |
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| Ichneumon stramentor - Alan Keatley |
More terrestrial insects include a new species, Bembidion tetracolum, a common and widespread ground beetle. Other beetles included the rove beetle Ocypus brunnipes and ground beetle Harpalus affinis.
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| Bembidion tetracolum - Alan Keatley |
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| Harpalus affinis - Alan Keatley |
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