Friday 8th November

Counts from the estuary included 830 Dunlin, 225 Curlew, 36 Grey and 31 Ringed Plover, 22 Bar-tailed Godwit, 22 Knot, 13 Sanderling and the late/overwintering? Whimbrel.

Elsewhere the five Eider, two Common Scoter, a Great Northern Diver and an adult Mediterranean Gull were offshore with seven Chiffchaff, five Goldcrest and a Coal Tit in the bushes.

Other Wildlife: The continuing dull overcast weather has effectively put a lid on flying insects with just a few Common Wasp hanging on to the remaining Ivy flowers. Not particularly affected by the weather a seaweed rove beetle Cafius xantholoma was found under driftwood and under a log in the dunes, a Coastal Groundbug Beosus maritimus. 

Coastal Groundbug Beosus maritimus - Alan Keatley

Cafius xantholoma - Alan Keatley

Ever present, but only occasionally spotted, a Stoat ran across the carpark.

Giant Willow Aphid - Alan Keatley