A nice selection of warblers

Another sunny day, a variable breeze, but mainly from the east.

Middleton Nature Reserve 

Report by Jean:

Despite the clear, sunny conditions  following last night's bright "supermoon" there were quite a few birds moving through, especially , Chiffchaffs, Meadow Pipits and Grey Wagtails. 40 new birds of 13 species were caught in 4.75 hours. 

Here's the list of new birds:

Blue Tit 1

Great Tit 1

Cetti's Warbler 2

Willow Warbler 1

Chiffchaff 10

Blackcap 4

Lesser Whitethroat 1

Robin 1

Grey Wagtail 8 (must be up to 53 Grey Wagtails colour ringed now).

Meadow Pipit 8

Chaffinch 1

Reed Bunting 1

Retraps:

Bullfinch 1 

Possible control ie bird from elsewhere:

Cetti's Warbler 

I checked mid afternoon (Malcolm)

The wildfowl not counted, but all the usual were present in similar numbers to recent.

Water Rail 1 squealing from the western marsh

Mediterranean gull 2 adults with a few Black-Headed gulls were doing a bit of anting (feeding on flying ants).

Cetti's warbler 2 singing

Chiffchaff 2 calling

Common Darter c20

Migrant Hawker 10

Southern Hawker 3 - 1 female

Male Southern Hawker

South shore

Just a check from saltmarsh to Red Nab this morning (Malcolm)

This took me back to my youth, when many ships billowed smoke and steam.
This morning conditions clearly condensed the water vapour in this ones
diesel exhaust 

Shelduck 38

Linnet 14

Seven Linnet in this shot

Meadow Pipits 4

Rock Pipit 1

Wheatear 2

Wheatear (deliberately framed by a black hole - I was in an arty mood!)

Pied Wagtail 10

Both me (Malcolm) and Kevin were at the beginning of the sea wall this evening, waiting for it to be opened after maintenance work ceased for the day. The steady east wind and warm sunshine, plus the tide being out all lends itself to insect migration in/off and along the wall. There was some, but nothing spectacular.

These are totals along the sea wall.

Small White 14

Red Admiral 3

Comma 1 

Small Tortoiseshell 1

Silver Y moth 2

Treble-bar moth 1

Treble-bar moth flying against the east wind, complete with swept back antennae

Common Darter 1

Migrant Hawker 3

In the Nature Park 

Large White 1

Small White 3

Peacock 2

Red Admiral 3

Speckled Wood 3

Common Darter several

Migrant Hawker 3 (16 Migrant Hawker for the day, not including 3 seen within the recording area while driving)

A particularly pristine Migrant Hawker in the Nature Park

There were a "lot" (feel free to count them) of Oystercatcher on the Heliport roost at high water. These are some coming in.