Sunday, 26 July 2026

Sunday 26th July

Counts from the estuary included 420 Oystercatcher, 165 Sandwich Tern, including 64 juveniles, 73 Whimbrel, 42 Dunlin, 35 Ringed Plover, 25 Mediterranean Gull, seven Greenshank, five Bar-tailed Godwit and single Common Sandpiper, Common Tern and Grey Plover. 

Elsewhere a Grasshopper Warbler was in Greenland Lake, a Willow Warbler was by the Main Pond, two Common Scoter and a Budgerigar on the Golf Course. 

Other Wildlife: Large numbers of Bee-wolf still around flowering Fennel, with the Lesser Knapweed also proving attractive to pollinators. 

Bee-wolf - Kevin Rylands

Red-tailed Bumblebee (male) - Kevin Rylands

Six-spot Burnet - Kevin Rylands

Rush Veneer - Kevin Rylands This migrant moth has been seen daily in recent weeks

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