A warm sunny day with a light NW wind
Just two nets set at Middleton this morning resulted in 20 birds captured.
Wren 1
Robin 3
Blackbird 1
Cetti's Warbler 2 + 1 retrap
Grasshopper Warbler 1
Sedge Warbler 2
Blackcap 1
Chiffchaff 3
Willow Warbler 1 + 1 retrap
Blue Tit 1
Great Tit 2
Two/three pairs of Swift plus a small number of Swallows feeding high over the reserve and one Swallow flew south fast and low past my ringing station, presumably an early passage bird.
A moth trap set the previous night that was clear and cool caught only a modest 17 moths of 11 species.
Janet checked today
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| Juvenile Sand Martin |
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| Sand and house Martin |
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| Swallow shaking itself dry after a bath |
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| Sedge Warbler |
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| Gatekeeper |
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| Meadow Brown |
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| Emperor |
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| Black-Tailed Skimmer |
No sign of the Copper-tip Longhorn moths today
South shore
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| This aptly named White Satin Moth was resting on the sea wall this afternoon - Kevin. |
I checked the shore out from the saltmarsh this evening (Malcolm).
Many small gulls were anting again but a large group was resting on the mud.
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| Gulls resting on the mud out from the saltmarsh |
Mediterranean gull 31 including 2 juvenile and 15 x 2nd calendar year. Most were sat on the mud for most of the time, but eventually I managed to see a good proportion of their legs, revealing only one to be colour ringed, and that was the Belgium ringed bird seen on Friday.
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| Mediterranean, two Black-Headed and a Common gull |
Swallow 3
There was a good variety of butterflies in the Nature Park
Meadow Brown several
Gatekeeper several
Ringlet 2
Large White 2
Small White 3
Speckled wood 3
Red Admiral 1
Small Skipper 1
Comma 1
Brimstone 1
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| Brimstone |
Brimstone and a Buff-tailed Bumblebee
