Little change around the Warren with migrants still absent, excepting the Blackcap in the Entrance Bushes. Counts from high tide included 42 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, c40 Bar-tailed Godwit, 18 Grey and two Ringed Plover, 17 Knot, 15 Sanderling, 13 Dunlin, 12 Teal and six Red-breasted Merganser.
Elsewhere 20 Common Scoter, 19 Great Crested Grebe, a Great Northern and a Red-throated Diver were offshore and a Swan x Greylag hybrid flew past the seawall with two Canada Geese.
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| Skylark - Dean Hall |
Other Wildlife: The warm early spring weather saw increasing insect activity with first appearances from Comma, Garden Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Ichneumon sarcitorius, Marmalade Hoverfly and the moth Early Longhorn Adela cuprella. Also on the wing at least eight Peacock, Buffish, Chocolate and Yellow-legged Mining Bee.
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| Comma - Dean Hall |
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| Peacock - Dean Hall |
Elsewhere the water beetle Agabus bipustulatus was in a puddle on the main track and various beetles were on the beach including the ground beetles Bembidion lampros and Syntomus foveatus, the clown beetles Hypocaccus dimidiatus and H. crassipes, the water scavenger Helophorus grandis and the darkling Phaleria cadaverina.
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| Agabus bipustulatus - Alan Keatley |
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| Hypocaccus dimidiatus - Alan Keatley |
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| Helophorus grandis - Alan Keatley |
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| Bembidion lampros - Alan Keatley |
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| Syntomus foveatus - Alan Keatley |
Over 100 Sand Crocus were in flower behind the Visitor Centre, along with the first Early Forget-me-not.
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| Sand Crocus - Dean Hall |
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