A one hour 15min seawatch early morning saw 96 Gannet, 25 Sandwich Tern, 14 Kittiwake, two Fulmar, single Red-throated and Great Northern Diver and a Kestrel head S. The first five Common Tern of the year were offshore from Exmouth early morning.
A low high tide saw The Bight devoid of small waders, although 10 Sandwich Tern were present, with 20 Dark and the seven Pale-bellied Brent Geese.
Pale-bellied Brent Geese - Alan Keatley
Elsewhere three Eider and a couple of Great Northern Diver were close offshore.
Great Northern Diver - Alan Keatley
Year list addition:
126. Common Tern
Other Wildlife: A bright sunny afternoon encouraged insects to appear with a male Sandpit Mining Bee Andrena barbilabris and a pair of dagger flies, Empis femorata attached to flowering Dandelion, with a Hairy-eyed Syrphus S. torvus on Alexanders.
Sandpit Mining Bee - Alan Keatley
Basking on fresh Nettle leaves were a very early Nettle-tap, Devon's earliest ever being 2nd April 2014, and a Red Poplar Leaf Beetle Chrysomela populi.
Nettle-tap - Alan Keatley
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Red Poplar Leaf Beetle - Alan Keatley
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