Three Teal heading SW were the highlight of an early morning seawatch, with 30 Common Scoter, four Sandwich Tern, four Great Northern and two immature Red-throated Diver also offshore.
Another pulse of late wader migration saw 83 Sanderling, 49 Dunlin and 23 Ringed Plover in the Bight, also in the estuary, 11 Whimbrel, six Eider and three Bar-tailed Godwit.
Elsewhere a Cuckoo was again on Warren Point and 13 Swift were overhead.
Other Wildlife: The stands of Hemlock Water-dropwort continue to attract good numbers of insects, with at least eight species of hoverfly, a White-striped Darwin Wasp Ichneumon sarcitorius, several Wasp Beetle, the first Fairy-ring Longhorn Pseudovadonia livida of the year and the first Black-striped Longhorn Stenurella melanura for the Recording Area.
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| Black-striped Longhorn Stenurella melanura - Kevin Rylands |
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| Dark-backed Epistrophe E. nitidicollis - Kevin Rylands |
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| Water-dropwort Brown (Dingy Flayt-body) Depressaria daucella - Kevin Rylands Large numbers spinning together florets to form safe feeding areas before pupating in the stem |
The sandier areas of the Buffer Zone were being patrolled by males of Common Spiny Digger Wasp Oxybelus uniglumis and Small Shieldbug Stalker Dryudella pinguis, awaiting for the first females to emerge.
Plenty of activity at the Main Pond with the first emergence of Red-eyed Damselfly, joining at least six Broad-bodied Chaser and two Emperor Dragonfly, both latter species egg-laying. A Golden-ringed Dragonfly hunted the scrub nearby. Also on the wing for the first time this year, a single Large Skipper with increasing numbers of Meadow Brown.
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