The Yellow-browed Warbler was still in Dead Dolphin Wood, with two Jay and half a dozen Chiffchaff around the Main Pond.
The monthly WeBS counts recorded 1078 Wigeon, 626 Teal, 305 Curlew, 283 Redshank, 22 Snipe, 14 Greenshank, four Bar and a Black-tailed Godwit, three Great Crested Grebe, a Pintail and the Long-billed Dowitcher in the estuary corner.
Overall tallies of those species predominately around The Bight included 1139 Oystercatcher, 175 Dark and a Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 53 Dunlin, 49 Ringed Plover, 31 Turnstone, 10 Knot, seven Eider, two Sanderling and a Whimbrel.
Other Wildlife: A distinctive leafmine on a small Blackthorn in the Buffer Zone revealed a new moth for the Recording Area, Striped Bent-wing/Blackthorn Blister Moth Lyonetia prunifoliella, previously extinct in the UK this species has increased rapidly since returning in 2007.
Lyonetia prunifoliella - Kevin Rylands
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