Counts from the estuary included 86 Sanderling, 37 Dunlin, 29 Ringed and a Grey Plover, eight Whimbrel, a Bar-tailed Godwit and a Turnstone.
Elsewhere 15 Common Scoter, four Sandwich Tern and three Mediterranean Gull, a smart adult and two less striking 2cy, were offshore.
Other Wildlife: The highlight was a new beetle for the Recording Area, the Withy Weevil Cryptorhynchus lapathi, just the fourth Devon record for the scarce species. Other beetles recorded today included the darkling beetle Isomira murina and the click beetle Athous haemorrhoidalis.
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| Withy Weevil Cryptorhynchus lapathi - Alan Keatley |
The fencing around Skipper Meadow saw a range of species searching out old screw holes, including Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis, Willow Mason-wasp Symmorphus bifasciatus and a spider wasp, probably Variable Spider Wasp Dipogon variegatus.
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| Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis - Alan Keatley |
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| Willow Mason-wasp Symmorphus bifasciatus - Alan Keatley |
A good day for other spider wasps included Potter Spider Wasp Auplopus carbonarius and Wall Spider Wasp Agenioideus apicalis near the station and Leaden Spider Wasp Pompilus cinereus on the Dune Ridge.
Elsewhere a Common Dolphin was offshore, three Painted Lady were on site and the first Black-tailed Skimmer of the year was in Greenland Lake.
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| Mullein Moth - Kevin Rylands |
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