Counts from the afternoon high tide included 160 Redshank, 119 Sandwich Tern, 56 Whimbrel, 37 Dunlin, 16 Mediterranean Gull, eight Ringed and a Grey Plover, five Greenshank, two Bar-tailed Godwit, a Turnstone and, on Bull Hill, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull.
Other Wildlife: There was a notable influx of migrant hoverflies, particularly on Rock Samphire at Langstone Rock, the arrivals included several Compost Hoverfly Syritta pipiens, White-clubbed Glasswing Scaeva pyrastri, Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus and a single Migrant Field Syrph Eupeodes corollae.
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| Compost Hoverfly Syritta pipiens - Alan Keatley |
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| White-clubbed Glasswing Scaeva pyrastri - Alan Keatley |
However, the best sighting of all was not a migrant, the nationally scarce Variable Spearhorn Chrysotoxum elegans. Not a totally unexpected first for Recording Area, as most records are from south west coastal regions.
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| Variable Spearhorn Chrysotoxum elegans - Alan Keatley |
The more locally based species included a few Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea, Burdock Blacklet Cheilosia impressa, Dull-bellied Blacklet C. proxima and Many-tufted Boxer Platycheirus scutatus.
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| Burdock Blacklet Cheilosia impressa - Alan Keatley |
Seeking shelter from the afternoon showers, a Ringlet was a welcome sight, especially after a blank last year.
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| Ringlet - Alan Keatley |
A Common and two Grey Seal, including an amorous male, were on Bull Hill on the dropping tide.
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