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| Painted Lady,Axmouth, 25/08/19 (Copyright T D Wright) |
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| Wood Sandpiper, BHM, 26/08/19 (Copyright T D Wright) |
Well we always seem to get something of interest over the August Bank Holiday weekend and this year was true to form once again. The most extraordinary find was a new species of butterfly for Seaton & Axmouth.
Long-tailed Blues have been hoped & looked for here for many years (especially by KW I'm told) but it was an anonymous visitor that struck lepidopteran gold and enabled Lloyd Evans to astound us all with news of 2-4 individuals on our Sea Pea by the mouth of the Axe. This coincides with a large arrival of this species along the Channel coast, with no less than 17 being recorded in Sussex. Also present were
Clouded Yellows & Painted Ladies carried in by the warm cross-channel winds.
As far as birds are concerned, the lingering juvenile
Osprey entertained us all at various points; the
Marsh Harriers & 3 species of falcon provided the supporting cast of raptors. Best waders were 3
Wood Sandpipers, 2
Greenshank, 7
Ringed Plover and
Whimbrel plus the usual
Dunlin, Blackwits and
Redshanks in large numbers.
Snipe have certainly become more visible as one would expect at this time of year. At Colyford Common 2
Wheatears were possibly in addition to ones seen on the estuary and BHM on separate days. I won't include birds I didn't see myself but there were reports of several local scarcities as well.It seems that a good time was had by all!
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| Wood Sand, Dunlin & Ringed Plover, BHM, 26/08/19(Copyright T D Wright) |
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| Long-tailed Blue, Axmouth, 25/08/19 (Copyright T D Wright) |
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| Osprey, Axmouth, 25/08/19 (Copyright T D Wright) |
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| Wheatear, Colyford Common, 26/08/19 (Copyright T D Wright) |
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