A different day with the northern edge of Storm Benjamin producing strong NW winds, bright at first, but intermittent showers setting in by mid-morning. Woodpigeon were on the move in the first hour over Exmouth before a few flocks headed west over the estuary, at least 950 with a minimum of 30 Stock Dove amongst them. Little else on the move apart from a few Pied Wagtail and Meadow Pipit with a Lapwing south west over The Bight, now a notable species for the Recording Area.
The Spoonbill again spent high tide on Finger Point, with counts from the estuary including 238 Dark and three Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 237 Curlew, 202 Dunlin, 118 Shelduck, 43 Black and 17 Bar-tailed Godwit, 26 Knot, 26 Turnstone, 21 Ringed and 18 Grey Plover.
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| Grey Plover - Jim Summers |
It was quieter in the blown-out bushes with fewer tits and and just six Chiffchaff, although the Firecrest was vocal in Dead Dolphin Wood and a new Chiffchaff was sheltering deep in scrub on Warren Point.
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| Chiffchaff - Jim Summers |
Elsewhere single Kingfisher, Snipe and a Water Rail were on the Main Pond and single Mediterranean Gull and Red-throated Diver were offshore.
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| Peregrine - Jim Summers |
Other Wildlife: With the change in conditions fewer insects apart from several Common Wasp, although the long-legged fly Dolichopus griseipennis was in Dead Dolphin Wood.
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| Dolichopus griseipennis - Alan Keatley |
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| Tenuiphantes tenuis - Alan Keatley |
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