On the beach a small group of Black Tern watchers with five moulting individuals (the terns not the watchers!!) which, with a rising tide and dog disturbance decamped to south scrape along with about 250 Common Terns, a couple of Sandwich and the odd Med Gull.
This was one of ten recently returned Turnstones and a Common Sandpiper, two LRPs and a Snipe was about it for waders. Three juvenile Sparrowhawks were very noisy around the dipping pond but no sign of SMH.
One or two calling Willow Warblers were my first of the autumn.
Insect wise Volucella inanis on Water Mint and Hemp Agrimony, Conops quadrifasciatus (×3) and Leptura quadrifasciata were new for the year.
