Counts from the estuary included 118 Curlew, 46 Bar-tailed Godwit, 46 Turnstone, 12 Grey Plover, nine Knot, eight Dunlin, five Greenshank and two Dark-bellied Brent Geese.
Elsewhere seven Sandwich Tern, four Great Northern Diver and two Common Scoter were offshore, three Wheatear were on Warren Point and at least 12 Chaffinch called overhead.
Other Wildlife: A stiff NW wind meant flying insects were restricted to sheltered areas, these included the first Early Nomad Bee Nomada leucophthalma for the Recording Area, found in Skipper Meadow.
Early Nomad Bee Nomada leucophthalma - Alan Keatley
Also on the wing the muscid fly Phaonia subventa and the brown lacewing Micromus paganus with the ground beetles Bembidion quadrimaculatum and Paranchus albipes under logs.
Phaonia subventa - Alan Keatley
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| Paranchus albipes - Alan Keatley |
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| Bembidion quadrimaculatum - Alan Keatley |
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