The Broad-billed Sandpiper remained for a second day, feeding and roosting around The Bight, although was absent at low tide. It associated with at least 18 Ringed Plover and 11 Dunlin, briefly joining a Sanderling flock before thinking better of it.
Other counts from the estuary included 104 Sanderling, eight Grey Plover, six Turnstone and two Knot, with two Black-tailed Godwit flying south early morning.
Elsewhere 45 Manx Shearwater, 12 Black-headed and two adult Mediterranean Gull, two Fulmar, two Sandwich Tern and a breeding plumaged Great Northern Diver were offshore.
Other Wildlife: Migrant insects included a female Red-veined Darter on the seaward side of the Entrance Bushes and a Clouded Yellow in Greenland Lake, although numbers of Painted Lady and Diamond-back Moth were lower.
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| Clouded Yellow - Dean Hall |
Four Bee Orchid were in flower near the Dune Pond and Greater Quaking-grass was found on the Golf Course, the first record for over 30 years.
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