Tuesday, 26 May 2026

Tuesday 26th May

The two Curlew Sandpiper reappeared in The Bight over the afternoon high tide with 22 Ringed Plover, 15 Dunlin10 Whimbrel, eight Grey Plover, four Bar-tailed Godwit, four Black-headed Gull, three Knot and a Sandwich Tern also in the estuary.

Curlew Sandpiper - Kevin Rylands

Elsewhere the female Eider remains offshore and the first fledged Chiffchaff were being fed below the station. 

Other Wildlife: At least half a dozen freshly emerged Broad-bodied Chaser and Meadow Brown were on the wing, with three Painted Lady and a couple of Red Admiral having travelled from further afield. Other new emergences included Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica, Two-banded Spearhorn Chrysotoxum bicinctum and Small Signal Fly Rivellia syngenesiae

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