Mediterranean Gull continue to increase in numbers with at least 30 (19 2cy, nine ad & two 3cy) either roosting within the estuary or feeding offshore; a colour-ringed 2cy was from a UK colony, details awaited.
Also offshore a breeding plumaged Great Northern Diver, seven Manx Shearwater, five Sandwich Tern, three Common Scoter and a 2cy Common Gull.
Counts from The Bight at high tide included 284 Oystercatcher, 15 Curlew, four Bar-tailed Godwit, three Grey and Ringed Plover, two Whimbrel. a Dunlin and a Redshank.
Other Wildlife: The highlight being Graptopeltus lynceus in the Buffer Zone, a new species for the Recording Area, a scarce ground bug with only one other south Devon record, in Tospham in 2017.
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| Graptopeltus lynceus nymph - Alan Keatley |
The mobile Marbled White was again in the Back Meadow, with new wasps for the year included Glowing Cuckoo Wasp Hedychridium ardens and a Slender Digger Wasp Crossocerus elongatulus, the latter was seen entering its nest hole in a wall by the Station path and didn't emerge for several minutes.
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| Glowing Cuckoo Wasp Hedychridium ardens - Alan Keatley |
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| Slender Digger Wasp Crossocerus elongatulus - Alan Keatley |
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