Aside from breeding residents little to report on a low tide visit although four Sandwich Tern flew into the estuary and two noisy juveniles Kestrel overhead indicate the Eastdon pair, the male often hunting on site, were again successful.
Other Wildlife: Plenty of insect activity in the hot weather The highlight being a new soldier beetle for the Recording Area with a Silis ruficollis by the Main Pond. Only two other Devon sites for this beetle, including Exminster Marshes.
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| Silis ruficollis - Alan Keatley |
Another good find was an aggregation of the nationally scarce Black Mining Bee Andrena pilipes going in and out of their nest holes on the car park roundabout. New records for the year included Mother of Pearl by the First Pond, Little Mason Wasp Microdynerus exilis on the Dune Ridge and Dull Cuckoo Wasp Hedychridium roseum and Garden Ectemnius E. cavifrons in Skipper Meadow.
Mother of Pearl - Alan Keatley
Nectaring on the remaining water dropwort a Dark-winged Chrysogaster C. solstitialis and a migrant Compost Hoverfly Syritta pipiens amongst many Marmalade Hoverfly.
Compost Hoverfly Syritta pipiens - Alan Keatley
Also on the wing the first male Green Furrow Bee Lasioglossum morio for the year, a Golden-ringed Dragonfly and several butterflies included a Marbled White in Skipper Meadow.
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| Marbled White - Alan Keatley |
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| Green Furrow Bee Lasioglossum morio - Alan Keatley |
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