Maclean 1466 Dipteran - probably as Chironomies. In the water saw an adult Dytiscid plus several unidentifies larvae and small adults. All in all - adult insects are more conspicuous (right now) here than at Barrow. This could well be reflected in bird stomachs. Walked out with Paul to his census plot. It is a good section of a very frequent tundra type here - Eriophorum tussocks with wet Carex between, interrupted by wet and drained pond basins with Carex stands. These basins look like good feeding areas for pectorals and phalaropes, and Paul says they are so used. His plot - in 80 meter squares, 5 squares x 6 squares (400x480m) - has 4 prs. Semi-pale, 1 pr. pectoral, and probably 2 prs. red-backs, plus a pr. of golden plovers along the edge. Longspurs here, as in the entire area, are regularly distributed and less dense than at Barrow. (I can detect no dialect difference, although Paul claims he can detect one. I would bet against him in a test with recordings.)