Counts from the morning high tide included 700 Dunlin, 51 Grey Plover, 45 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 24 Teal, 24 Turnstone, 20 Sanderling and four Knot.
Elsewhere 17 Great Crested Grebe, four Eider and two Red-throated Diver were off the sea wall and two Shoveler and two Chiffchaff were at the Main Pond.
Other Wildlife: The cool mornings are not favouring flying insects with only Common and Tapered Dronefly and a few Buff-tailed Bumblebee on the wing. It was different with more terrestrial insects, with several species venturing out amongst the Marram as the ground temperature rose in the afternoon.
Leading the way a new ground beetle Paranchus albipes, probably the commonest not yet recorded and another overdue discovery.
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| Paranchus albipes - Alan Keatley |
Other beetles included several Demetrias atricapillus, the smaller Philorhizus melanocephalus and the click beetle Agriotes sputator. Ladybirds were represented by Meadow Rhyzobius litura, Red Marsh, 22-spot and 24-spot.
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| Philorhizus melanocephalus - Alan Keatley |
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| 22-spot Ladybird - Alan Keatley |
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| Agriotes sputator - Alan Keatley |
Also noted Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus mirmicoides and the mirid bug Stenodema calcarata.
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| Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus mirmicoides - Alan Keatley |
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