A low tide visit saw 143 Dark-bellied Brent Goose and 30 Sanderling on the beach and offshore sandbars and at least six Teal in Shutterton Creek.
Elsewhere seven Stonechat were on site with two Chiffchaff and two Goldcrest in the flooded bushes with the Cetti's Warbler in song on the Golf Course.
Other Wildlife: Once the early morning fog lifted, a few more insects were on the wing during the sunny spells including the first Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes and Honey Bee of the year, an increase in Common and Tapered Dronefly, a Spotted Thintail Meliscaeva auricollis and a Peacock.
A good selection of beetles were along the strandline, the best being an Enochrus melanocephalus, a water scavenger beetle with few Devon records, although was previously recorded here in 2020.
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| Enochrus melanocephalus - Alan Keatley |
Other species included the first Harlequin Ladybird of the year and the ground beetles Acupalpus exiguus, Harpalus tardus and Philorhizus melanocephalus.
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| Harpalus tardus - Alan Keatley |
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| Philorhizus melanocephalus - Alan Keatley |
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