A relatively quiet day with little on the move and a low high tide. Migrants were limited to three Willow Warbler, a Wheatear and a single Swallow, whilst counts from the estuary included 27 Curlew, 22 Bar-tailed Godwit, 12 Dunlin, nine Redshank and Teal, three Greenshank and a Whimbrel.
Elsewhere a pair of Teal and the first Mallard brood were on the Main Pond and 11 Sandwich Tern, two Eider, two Great Crested Grebe and a Red-throated Diver were offshore.
Other Wildlife: Insects are still responding well to the sunny weather, albeit with a chilly onshore wind. Five species of butterfly were on the wing including the first Small Copper of the year, two Comma and four Orange-tip.
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| Speckled Wood - Dave Jewell |
Nectar seeking mining bees included the first Orange-tailed Andrena haemorrhoa, Buffish A. nigroaenea, Sandpit A. barbilabris and Yellow-legged A. flavipes. Amongst the numerous Buff-tailed Bumblebee was a single Tree Bumblebee.
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| Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa - Alan Keatley |
Beetles and bugs on the beach included a Copper Greenclock Poecilus cupreus, a Sea Rocket Flea Beetle Psylliodes marcida and the planthoppers Anaceratagallia ribauti and Muirodelphax aubei.
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| Anaceratagallia ribauti - Alan Keatley |
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| Copper Greenclock Poecilus cupreus - Alan Keatley |
The resident Grey Squirrel was watched carrying an acorn across the Golf Course from the Turkey Oaks alongside the estuary to the Entrance Bushes.
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