Early morning at least 18 Red-throated and four Great Northern Diver flew south offshore with 15 Sandwich Tern foraging, six Great Northern and five Red-throated Diver on the sea along with five Common Scoter and two Eider.
Counts from the estuary over the high tide included 120 Curlew, 18 Bar-tailed Godwit, 15 Redshank, 12 Sanderling, nine Grey and three Ringed Plover, eight Dunlin, six Red-breasted Merganser and a Knot.
Elsewhere migrants included two Willow Warbler and a Blackcap, with the pair of Tufted Duck still on the Main Pond.
Other Wildlife: The first Speckled Wood of the year was found freshly emerged in the Entrance Bushes, with a male Sandpit Mining Bee Andrena barbilabris, single Honey Bee and Harlequin Ladybird also new for the year.
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| Speckled Wood - Alan Keatley |
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| Sandpit Mining Bee Andrena barbilabris - Alan Keatley |
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