The highlight came late in the day with a 2cy presumed Glaucous x Herring Gull, found earlier from Exmouth on Cockle Sands, flying out to sea over Warren Point with a single Herring Gull at 16.52. This is just the first site record. Pictures from Exmouth can be found here
Counts from the estuary included 643 Dunlin, 524 Dark and a Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 111 Redshank, 106 Bar and a single circling Black-tailed Godwit, 36 Knot, 36 Teal, 21 Turnstone, 12 Red-breasted Merganser, 12 Ringed Plover, five Sanderling and five Greenshank. The nine Eider (six ♀ & three imm ♂) continue to favour the area inshore around Warren Point.
Elsewhere a Buzzard appeared to land in Dead Dolphin Wood, six Shoveler were on the Main Pond, two Chiffchaff and two Goldcrest were in the bushes and offshore four Red-throated and three Great Northern Diver, 29 Great Crested Grebe and 18 Razorbill.
Year list addition:
Glaucous x Herring Gull
Other Wildlife: The persistent rain of the last couple of days turned to sunshine and heavy showers. With a drop in temperature insect activity was minimal, even in the sunny spells, with just a few Common Dronefly braving it out. Elsewhere a Fleecy Jumper Pseudeuophrys lanigera was at the Visitor Centre.
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