The juvenile Curlew Sandpiper was again in The Bight over high tide, with a juvenile Little Ringed Plover, 310 Dunlin and 160 Ringed Plover. Also in the estuary 60 Sandwich, 12 Common and two juvenile Little Tern, 19 Teal, nine Bar and three Black-tailed Godwit, eight Shelduck, two Spotted Redshank, a Common Sandpiper and an Osprey.
Elsewhere a Purple Sandpiper flew from Langstone Rock into the estuary, 15 Common Scoter and a Great Northern Diver were offshore, two Reed Warbler and a Kingfisher were at the Main Pond, 170 House Martin, 80 Swallow and a few Sand Martin were overhead and the Red-legged Partridge and two Wheatear were on the Golf Course.
Other Wildlife: A dry day after yesterday's rain and insects responded with a variety of species on the wing. Diptera included Grey Knapweed Picturewing Acanthiophilus helianthi, Bright Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops nagatomii and Twin-spot Stiletto Thereva bipunctata, plus several hoverflies, Long-winged Duskyface Melanostoma scalare, Bolette Blacklet Cheilosia scutellata and Gossamer Hoverfly Baccha elongata.
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| Twin-spot Stiletto Thereva bipunctata - Alan Keatley |
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| Grey Knapweed Picturewing Acanthiophilus helianthi - Alan Keatley |
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| Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops nagatomii - Alan Keatley |
Clouded Yellow is still the prominent butterfly with a Wall Brown on the Dune Ridge. Migrant moths included a Small Marbled, a Vestal and a Silver Y amongst the numerous Rush Veneer with several Mint Moth also flying.
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| Small Marbled - Alan Keatley |
Several wasps were active searching for prey, on the Dune Ridge, Red-banded Sand Wasp Ammophila sabulosa and Leaden Spider Wasp Pompilus cinereus; and on Sycamore leaves Slender Wood-borer Trypoxylon attenuatum and Ring-legged Crossocerus C. annulipes.
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| Red-banded Sand Wasp Ammophila sabulosa - Alan Keatley |
Five Grey Seal were on Bull Hill early afternoon with a Common Seal offshore later on.
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