With a bit of a blow forecast for Saturday I decided to start early with a couple of hours sea watching from Tutt Head, Mumbles before wandering around Crymlyn Burrows, before coaching duties.
Tutt Head was quiet, with the only birds of note being two Red-throated Divers and two Common Terns. On to Crymlyn Burrows found some 150+ Sanderling, some moulting into breeding plumage, and 6 Ringed Plovers, but no other waders - not an Oyk nor a Curlew. The tern theme continued when 3 Arctic Terns flew in to rest on the beach, quickly followed by 11 Sandwich Terns. They didn't stay long however as the incoming tide and a couple of dogs soon flushed them.
O the insect side a colony of Colletes bees was found near the pump station. Given the timing these appear to be Spring Colletes Colletes cunicularis. I managed to photograph a couple of hoverflies Eupoedes luniger and Sphaerophoria scripta. There was plenty of Eristalis hoverflies, both tenax and pertinax, but no butterflies.
E. luniger
S. scripta
C. cunicularis
Tutt Head was quiet, with the only birds of note being two Red-throated Divers and two Common Terns. On to Crymlyn Burrows found some 150+ Sanderling, some moulting into breeding plumage, and 6 Ringed Plovers, but no other waders - not an Oyk nor a Curlew. The tern theme continued when 3 Arctic Terns flew in to rest on the beach, quickly followed by 11 Sandwich Terns. They didn't stay long however as the incoming tide and a couple of dogs soon flushed them.
O the insect side a colony of Colletes bees was found near the pump station. Given the timing these appear to be Spring Colletes Colletes cunicularis. I managed to photograph a couple of hoverflies Eupoedes luniger and Sphaerophoria scripta. There was plenty of Eristalis hoverflies, both tenax and pertinax, but no butterflies.
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