An early passage of Mediterranean Gull, with at least 40 recorded today, mostly adults and passing SW, but some also flew in off the sea and up the estuary. With them over 150 Black-headed Gull, 33 Sandwich and eight Common Tern. Also offshore 10 Common Scoter and five Great Northern Diver.
Counts from the estuary included 191 Curlew, 18 Redshank, the six Eider, two Greenshank, two Dunlin and a Bar-tailed Godwit.
Elsewhere a Kingfisher and a pair of Teal were on the Main Pond and newly fledged species included Cirl Bunting, Skylark and Swallow.
Other Wildlife: Another Marbled White was the highlight amongst low numbers of butterflies.
Marbled White - Lee Collins
The sunny conditions did encourage bees and wasps with the first Little Flower Bee Anthophora bimaculata and Beewolf Philanthus triangulum on the wing with the migrant White-clubbed Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri on the Dune Ridge.
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