Counts from the estuary included 340 Dunlin, 156 Oystercatcher, 100+ Sanderling, 51 Ringed Plover, 21 Whimbrel, seven Grey Plover, six Knot, three Turnstone and two Greenshank.
The female Eider was offshore along with 11 Manx Shearwater, eight Common Scoter, four Black-headed Gull, three Sandwich Tern and two summer plumaged Great Northern Diver.
A female Eider still on the end of groyne 9 at Dawlish Warren today. #UKBirding
— Rob Murphy (@robmurphy.bsky.social) 16 May 2026 at 14:52
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Elsewhere 20 Starling fledglings were in the Buffer Zone, the two Red-legged Partridge were on the Golf Course and six House Martin and two Swift were overhead.
Other Wildlife: A nationally scarce jewel beetle (Buprestidae),Agrilus angustulus was found on small oak sapling in the Buffer Zone. There are just a few Devon records, including one found in Topsham in May 2025.
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| Agrilus angustulus - Alan Keatley |
Also, in the Buffer Zone Gastrolepta anthracina, a parasitoid fly of the beetle Lagria hirta, Large Longhorn Nematopogon swammerdamella, a Tree Bumblebee and several nymph Meadow Grasshopper.
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| Meadow Grasshopper - Alan Keatley |
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| Large Longhorn Nematopogon swammerdamella - Alan Keatley |
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| Gastrolepta anthracina - Alan Keatley |
Elsewhere the longhorn beetle Grammoptera ruficornis and Turnip Sawfly were on the Hemlock Water-dropwort, a Portland Ribbon Wave was on the Golf Course and the tachinid, Thelaira nigrina was basking on Sycamore, its larvae develop in tiger moth caterpillars.
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| Thelaira nigrina - Alan Keatley |
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| Small Black Ant Lasius niger with a grass fly Chloropidae - Alan Keatley |
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