Tuesday 28th October

The Spoonbill and 10 Pale-bellied Brent Geese were in The Bight with the usual mix of waders and wildfowl. 

Elsewhere six Eider were offshore and the bushes held seven Chiffchaff, three Goldcrest, two Siskin and a Firecrest with the usual tits, and two Great Spotted Woodpecker were near the Main Pond.

Other Wildlife: A good selection of insects for the end of October included a late Mourning Wasp Perphredon lugubris and a Speckled Wood in Dead Dolphin Wood and two Migrant Hawker, a Common Darter and a Red Admiral in Greenland Lake. 

Mourning Wasp Perphredon lugubris - Alan Keatley

Hoverflies included a few Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus, Common Tiger Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus and Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax, with a Noon Fly Mesembrina meridiana also on the wing.

Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus - Alan Keatley

a planthopper Eurysa lineata - Alan Keatley