In the heat haze a small gathering of half a dozen Mediterranean Gull were in The Bight on a low high tide, with three Bar-tailed Godwit and a Curlew joining the Oystercatcher.
Mediterranean Gull - Alan Keatley
Elsewhere the juvenile Little Grebe remains on the Main Pond and the male Kestrel continues to take prey back to a nest on the mainland.
Other Wildlife: The recent run of new insect species continues with a new beetle, the bark beetle Pycnomerus fuliginosus. An introduced species that is found in or on dead wood, it is well represented in Devon, however this is the first for Recording Area, found on fencing in Skipper Meadow.
Pycnomerus fuliginosus - Alan Keatley
Gatekeeper were on the wing for the first time this year, with a Shieldbug Stalker Astata boops wasp searching for prey in the Buffer Zone, were Welsh Chafer was again recorded and the summer generation Common Mini-miner Bee Andrena minutula were gathering nectar.
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| Gatekeeper - Alan Keatley |
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| Shieldbug Stalker Astata boops - Alan Keatley |
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| Common Mini-miner Bee Andrena minutula - Alan Keatley |
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