New arrivals in the estuary included 29 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, with other counts including 212 Oystercatcher, 52 Bar-tailed Godwit, 33 Turnstone, 12 Redshank, nine Grey and seven Ringed Plover, eight Whimbrel, four Knot, three Sanderling, two Greenshank and a Dark-bellied Brent Goose.
Elsewhere 50+ Manx Shearwater were offshore, with 510 Herring, four Black-headed and a Common Gull, 24 Sandwich Tern, the pair of Eider, two Great Northern and two Red-throated Diver.
Other Wildlife: Flying insects were active in sheltered areas with several bee, wasp and hoverfly species noted including Early Nomad Bee Nomada leucophthalma, Early Mason-wasp Ancistrocerus nigricornis, Pale-knobbed Didea D. fasciata and Stripe-backed Fleckwing Dasysyrphus albostriatus.
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| Stripe-backed Fleckwing Dasysyrphus albostriatus - Kevin Rylands |
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| Main Pond - James Marshall |
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| Small Copper - James Marshall |
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