The Long-billed Dowitcher was again in the estuary corner with Redshank around the high tides. Visible for around an hour before heading upriver on the dropping morning and roosting unseen on the rising evening tide. Only visible from an area with no general access, viewing will be arranged if possible and there is positive news tomorrow.
Also in the estuary two immature Spoonbill were on Finger Point during the morning high tide before flying flew E over Exmouth just after 8.30 with an Osprey over Warren Point towards Cockle Sands shortly after.
Increasing wildfowl counts in the estuary included 189 Teal, 128 Wigeon, nine Dark and a Pale-bellied Brent Goose, the six Eider, four Shoveler, a Pintail and a Little Grebe.
Wader counts included 314 Redshank, 89 Dunlin, 79 Ringed Plover, 16 Greenshank, 14 Bar-tailed Godwit, 14 Knot, six Whimbrel, two Turnstone and two Spotted Redshank, with 15 Sandwich and two Common Tern, six Mediterranean Gull and a Kingfisher also present
Elsewhere an adult Hobby, 15 Meadow Pipit, three Grey and a Yellow Wagtail were overhead with a Whitethroat on site, 48 Sanderling on the beach and offshore, two Balearic Shearwater, three Pintail and an Arctic Skua.
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| Sanderling - the Greenland ringed juvenile present for a third day - Lee Collins |
Other Wildlife: Insects along the beach and dunes included the darkling beetle Phaleria cadaverina, the solitary wasp Trypoxylon attenuatum, and on Sea Rocket, the flea beetle Phyllotreta nigripes and the tiny bug Orius niger, a predator of thrips often released for biological pest control.
Phaleria cadaverina - Alan Keatley %20170924.JPG)
Trypoxylon attenuatum - Alan Keatley
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| Phyllotreta nigripes - Alan Keatley |
Orius niger - Alan Keatley
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