On a low tide visit a flock of 11 Pale-bellied Brent Geese on an offshore sandbar was the most notable sighting, with two Grey Plover in The Bight and two Great Crested Grebe off the seawall late morning.
Elsewhere Blackcap is on territory in Dead Dolphin Wood with a migrant Willow Warbler by the Main Pond.
Other Wildlife: More insects on the wing for the first time this year in the fine weather. Leading the way was a selection a ladybirds on the Alexanders including 10-spot, Pine and a variety of Harlequin.
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| 10-spot Ladybird - Alan Keatley |
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| Pine Ladybird - Alan Keatley |
New bees for the year included Common Furrow Bee Lasioglossum calceatum and Common Mini-miner Andrena minutula nectaring on Dandelion. Hoverflies have also responded to the weather with good numbers of Grey-spotted Boxer Platycheirus albimanus, Common Eristalis tenax and Tapered Dronefly E. pertinax along with singles of Common Tiger Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus and Spring Epistrophe E. eligans.
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| Grey-spotted Boxer Platycheirus albimanus - Alan Keatley |
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| Common Furrow Bee Lasioglossum calceatum - Alan Keatley |
Butterflies were limited to six Speckled Wood and four Peacock, with the Grey Squirrel roaming around the Entrance Bushes.
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