The first two Whimbrel of the year were in The Bight amongst 78 Curlew over a low high tide, with 35 Dunlin, 10 Sanderling, eight Turnstone, six Grey and four Ringed Plover, five Teal and four Dark-bellied Brent Geese also in the estuary.
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| Whimbrel - Alan Keatley |
Elsewhere the first two Swallow of the summer flew through, two Willow Warbler were by the Main Pond and two Sandwich Tern were offshore.
Year list additions:
119. Swallow
118. Whimbrel
Other Wildlife: Overcast conditions saw attention focussed on the beach where the minute scavenger beetle Cartodere bifasciata and seaweed rove beetle Cafius xantholoma were new for the year.
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| Cafius xantholoma - Alan Keatley |
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| Cartodere bifasciata - Alan Keatley |
As the day brightened up other insects were more active with four species of butterfly and bumblebee on the wing with Orange-tip, Small White and Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius first emergences. Also new for the year the daggerfly Empis femorata and the hoverfly Common Meadow Syrph Eupeodes latifasciatus.
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| Empis femorata - Alan Keatley |
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