Friday, 1 May 2026

Friday 1st May

A welcome influx of waders over the evening high tide with the first Little Ringed Plover of the year alongside c280 Oystercatcher155 Dunlin45 Whimbrel, 21 Bar-tailed Godwit21 Sanderling14 Ringed and eight Grey Plover, two Greenshank, two Redshank and a breeding plumage Knot

Offshore 11 Common Scoter, five Black-headed Gull, five Great Northern and two Red-throated Diver, four Sandwich Tern, a Fulmar and the female Eider

Eider - Lee Collins

Year List addition:
142. Little Ringed Plover

Other Wildlife: At least 10 Painted Lady were on the wing and the first Southern Marsh Orchid were in flower in Greenland Lake.

Southern marsh-orchids (Dactylorhiza praetermissa) in flower (already!) at Dawlish Warren, Devon. That is early! 1/5/26 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social @warrenbirding.bsky.social

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— Andy Rogers (@withylake.bsky.social) 1 May 2026 at 18:06


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