Counts from the estuary included c100 Sandwich, two Common and a Little Tern on Bull Hill at mid tide, with 22 Mediterranean Gull, three Grey Plover and three Greenshank in the saltmarsh.
Other Wildlife: Signs of insect migration with a Clouded Yellow among the eleven butterfly species noted. More locally a Brimstone in the Entrance Bushes. A Southern Hawker near Golf Course was possibly also on the move.
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| Brimstone - Alan Keatley |
Active in the flower meadows, Broad-banded Globetail Sphaerophoria taeniata, Four-banded Bee-grabber Conops quadrifasciatus, Early Mason Wasp Ancistrocerus nigricornis, Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp Cerceris rybyensis and Common Furrow Bee Lasioglossum calceatum. Moths included the first few Six-spot Burnet, Large Yellow Underwing and Yellow Shell.
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| Yellow Shell - Alan Keatley |
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| Common Furrow Bee Lasioglossum calceatum - Alan Keatley |
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| Broad-banded Globetail Sphaerophoria taeniata - Dean Hall |
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| Large Yellow Underwing - Alan Keatley |
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| Four-banded Bee-grabber Conops quadrifasciatus - Dean Hall |
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