A day of migration, especially in the estuary, with waders often leaving north in small groups, this was reflected over the high tides with numbers much lower in the evening, although some new birds had also arrived.
Minimum counts included 109 Whimbrel, 87 Dunlin, 41 Bar and 24 Black-tailed Godwit, 22 Ringed and three Grey Plover, nine Sanderling, seven Turnstone, three Knot, a Common Sandpiper and a Greenshank. Also in the estuary, nine Pale and two Dark-bellied Brent Geese and a pair of Shoveler.
Unseasonal wildfowl also appeared offshore with four Teal and a pair of Wigeon on the sea along with two Great Crested Grebe, two Great Northern Diver and the immature male Eider. Also offshore six Sandwich and a Common Tern with a second Common Sandpiper on the beach.
Elsewhere the first Swift of the year was overhead with 10 Swallow, two Sand and a House Martin and grounded migrants included at least six Wheatear, five Whitethroat and two Sedge Warbler.
Other Wildlife: The Early Purple Orchid that first appeared last year is again in flower at the eastern end of Greenland Lake. Late news of two new fly species for the Warren, the near threatened Sea Club-rush chloropod Eurina lurida and the widespread heleomyzid fly Tephrochlamys rufiventris.
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| Eurina lurida - both Alan Keatley |
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| Tephrochlamys rufiventris - Alan Keatley |
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