Bee Orchid, Silver Ground Carpet and Common Whitethroat photographed today. Thanks Janet
Heysham ObsWork-wise at the computer and also in the form of today's rather modest novelties, two Map-winged Swift in the moth trap and, in the field, the long-winded Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet moth, along with the more marketable Six-spot burnet
Red Nab/Ocean Edge
A mistimed visit saw most of the gulls having disappeared due to the high tide but a 3CY Med was still sitting on the sea
Ringing recovery
The French ringing scheme seems to have got its act together with today's receipt of a load of Sand Martin controls ringed on the Lune and also this from Middleton showing how early adult Sedge Warblers depart the country:
Sedge Warbler
Ringed: Middleton NR Ad male 16/7/09
Caught: Tour aux Moutons, Donges, Loire Atlantique, France 31/7/09
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