Red Nab/outfalls/Ocean Edge incoming tide
Greenshank - adult in the saltmarsh creek
Grey Plover - 9 on the tideline
Dunlin - 3 on the tideline
Med Gull - 3 original 2CY plus a large and small adult
Arctic Tern - 2 adults
Kittiwake - usual 2CY
Middleton NR
Not a single Sedge Warbler seen or heard during mist net ride clearance. Therefore perhaps the key species in terms of numbers out of the equation as regards positive local breeding bird CES data. Hopefully the CES visit tomorrow will not be watching paint dry even if the weather allows it to take place. Fortunately, the last visit was reasonable with bits and pieces of mainly non-wetland species keeping it ticking over
Insects
A poor catch in the hut trap as there was a bit of east in the wind. Common Emerald was the only geometrid at an overnight sheet/light at Middleton and quite a few Map-winged Swift at one of the few lowland sites where this species is common
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Yellow Shell at Middleton NR this afternoon. Thanks Janet
