There was no sign of the Little Stint over the morning tide, although at least 130 Sanderling, 41 Dunlin, 20 Ringed Plover, 12 Whimbrel, five Grey Plover and a Knot.
Elsewhere eight Sandwich Tern, five Black-headed Gull, a Great Crested Grebe and the female Eider were offshore and a migrant Reed Warbler was on the Golf Course.
Other Wildlife: Migrants included a couple of Painted Lady, five Silver Y, a Diamond-back and the first Rush Veneer of the year. Other moths included at least ten Alexanders Straw Aethes deaurana around the car park, Portland Ribbon Wave, Common Carpet, Large Longhorn Nematopogon swammerdamella and Common Marble Celypha lacunana.
Alexanders Straw Aethes deaurana - Kevin Rylands
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| Portland Ribbon Wave - Kevin Rylands |
Also appearing for the first time this year a Golden-ringed Dragonfly, the wasp Small Shieldbug Stalker Dryudella pinguis and the ichneumon wasp Amblyteles armatorius.
Stripe-legged Robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri - Kevin Rylands
Flowering plants included hundreds of Southern Marsh Orchid, the first Bee Orchid, Blue-eyed Grass, Clustered Clover and the first Warren record of Corn Spurrey for over 50 years,
Corn Spurrey - Kevin Rylands 
Clustered Clover - Kevin Rylands
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