Just a touch of insect movement

A warm day but not a lot of sunshine. A  SE breeze

Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet

Canada geese 13 over silently to the north

Common Whitethroats

Common Darter

Common Blue Damselfly

Large Skipper

Burnet Companion (upper wing pattern)

Burnet Companion (under wing pattern)

Drinker moth caterpillar 

South shore - Malcolm

I walked along the sea wall and back towards high water in the morning then towards low water in the afternoon.

Common gulls c20 2nd calendar year birds on No.2 outfall this morning 

Some of this morning's Common Gulls

Mediterranean gull 1 2cy on No.2 outfall this morning, then on the mud between the outfalls this afternoon 

The Med opted to share the opposite rail with the Black-Headed gulls

2cy Mediterranean gull

Immature Herring and Great Black-backed gull this afternoon 

Curlew 9 flew from the north side this morning, 38 flew to the north side this afternoon 

Turnstone 1 in summer plumage at the seaward end of No.1 outfall this afternoon 

Rock Pipits at least 5 around 

Linnet 8, including 4 likely young birds together between the lighthouse and waterfall 

Male Linnet on one of the bollards 

Grey Seal one between the outfalls on both visits.

Grey Seal

An east wind like today's in summer normally attracts insects in off the sea, but it hasn't really been migration weather recently. However a Peacock Butterfly flew in along the sea wall as I was leaving this morning. It was that that prompted me to return when the tide was out this afternoon.

I didn't see any insects as I walked out this afternoon, but between the lighthouse and waterfall there were:

Painted Lady 6

Red Admiral 3

Plus 5 probably resident Cinnabar moths.

I should have gone out later, as when I walked back along the sea wall there were

Painted Lady 3

Red Admiral 5 

And the frequency was increasing 

Cinnabar moth

Red Admiral

Painted Lady and a Beetle sp sharing a bramble

Painted Lady

Painted Lady resting on the sea wall

As I approached the end of the wall heading back, a light shower began. This Painted Lady was undecided between continuing along the sea wall or stopping for a rest