Pretty much the same mix, including the Osprey, plus more top moths

A very light west breeze, overcast to begin with then hazy sunshine 

Middleton Nature Reserve 

Report by Alan:

The conditions this morning were ideal for ringing and also for the moth trap set last night at Middleton.

The small 6 watt moth trap produced 52 moths of 27 species, including a migrant Small Marbled and a Round-winged Muslin (uncommon for the locality).

Small Marbled

Round- winged Muslin

The mist nets caught 34 birds, many of them juveniles. The full list:

Willow Warbler  2

Sedge Warbler  3 + 1 retrap

Reed Warbler  5 + 1 retrap

Lesser Whitethroat  2

Common Whitethroat  1

Robin  1

Wren  1 + 1 retrap

Reed Bunting  2

Blue Tit  1 + 1retrap

Great Tit 1 retrap

Chiffchaff  7

Cetti's Warbler  2

Blackcap  2

Kevin Eaves checked the main pond later and confirmed that there still is at least one male Red-Veined Darter present 

South shore (Malcolm) 08:00 - 09:15

Osprey 1 - again it was initially resting on the post at the seaward end of No.2 outfall.

Unfortunately, it faced away from me today. I could see that it had a blue
ring, but it wasn't possible to tell if it was the same bird as yesterday 

It caught a Bass

Then headed off south (the opposite direction to yesterday). The gulls get braver when its talons are full!

Mediterranean gulls 10 - 7 adult plus 2 2nd calendar year and 1 3rd calendar year 

7 adult and a 3cy Med

One of the 2cy Meds

I checked again as the tide reached Red Nab, but only 6 adults and 2 2cy turned up

Heron on No.2 outfall rail

North shore (Malcolm) 18:45 - 19:45

Eider 14 - there was just one female/immature on the sea then a group of 13 female and immature flew past to the north.

Some of the Eider

Great Crested Grebe 5 - one by itself plus what looked like two pairs. I took a short clip as I couldn't get a shot of all four showing at the same time.

Little Egret 2

Grey Heron 1

Oystercatcher 300

Curlew 107

Gulls, initially there were more Black-Headed gulls (30) than large gulls, but the large gulls, mainly Herring, were arriving all the time from the east, there were c150 by the time I left. Just one previously seen ringed bird.

Herring and Black- Headed gulls, including 2 juvenile 

Juvenile Black-Headed gull

Common Tern 1

Common Tern

It tried fishing for a while, but didn't catch anything, so it moved further north.

Kevin Eaves also managed some nice moths in his overnight trap

Palpita vitrealis A migrant from Southern Europe.
Sometimes called the Olive-tree Pearl.

Shore Wainscot. An uncommon and local coastal species.