The first Cattle Egret of the year arrived on cue, with five from the local wintering flock briefly joining 15 Little Egret in the Railway Saltmarsh early morning.
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| Dawn - Kevin Rylands |
Also in the estuary counts of 1250 Wigeon, 122 Dunlin, 68 Turnstone, 27 Knot, 19 Bar-tailed Godwit, 14 Greenshank, eight Sanderling, four Caspian Gull (two 2cy, two 1cy), a Devon record if accepted, two Grey Plover, two Spotted Redshank, an immature Common Tern and single Kingfisher, Pintail, Whimbrel and 1cy Yellow-legged Gull.
Offshore flocks of 25 Common Scoter and 10 Eider were repeatedly disturbed but at least 20 kitesurfers, a Manx Shearwater flew along the beach and single Pomarine Skua and Sooty Shearwater were reported.
Elsewhere a Firecrest was by the Main Pond, with eight Chiffchaff, three Goldcrest and two Grey Wagtail and a Glossy Ibis was reported.
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| Grey Wagtail - Jim Summers |
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| Greenfinch - Jim Summers |
178. Cattle Egret
177. Sooty Shearwater
176. Pomarine Skua (3 Jun)
Other Wildlife: Flying insects consisted of single Hornet, Common Carder Bee, Marmalade Hoverfly, Ectophasia crassipennis, Mydaea corni and Migrant Hawker, despite the overcast conditions the season seems to be over.
Mydaea corni - Alan Keatley
Elsewhere the large rove beetle Tasgius ater found under driftwood around The Bight and a Common Case-bearer Colephora serratella on birch near the Main Pond.
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| Common Case-bearer Colephora serratella - Alan Keatley |
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| Tasgius ater - Alan Keatley |
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