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 Dunlin, 10 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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