No sign of the Roseate Tern today but counts from the estuary included 450 Oystercatcher, 273 Curlew, 114 Redshank, 42 Whimbrel, 23 Dunlin, 13 Ringed Plover, 12 Greenshank and nine Sanderling.
Other Wildlife: With Water Mint and Common Fleabane coming into flower insects have an improved range of nectar sources with solitary bees, wasps, bugs and hoverflies all taking advantage. These included Hairy Hylaeus hyalinatus and Common Yellow-faced Bee H. communis, Green Furrow Bee Lasioglossum morio, Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea, Parsley Blacklet Cheilosia pagana, Hairy-backed Boxhead Wasp Crossocerus megacephalus and Gasteruption jaculator.
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| Hairy Yellow-faced Bee Hylaeus hyalinatus - Alan Keatley |
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| Hairy-backed Boxhead Wasp Crossocerus megacephalus - Alan Keatley |
More selective feeders included several Burdock Gall Fly Terellia tussilaginis.
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| Burdock Gall Fly Terellia tussilaginis - Alan Keatley |
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| Cryptocephalus fulvus - Alan Keatley. Beetle species 406 for the Recording Area |
A welcome increase in butterfly numbers with eight species on the wing, including new generation Common Blue and Speckled Wood. A total of five dragonfly species included Black-tailed Skimmer and Golden-ringed Dragonfly.
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| Golden-ringed Dragonfly - Alan Keatley |
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