From the screen first thing this morning 6 Black-tailed Godwits (19 in the afternoon visit) 4 Little ringed Plovers and 2 Ringed Plovers among c100 Lapwings. The Swallows were sitting tight on there second clutch, 2 Marsh Harriers hunted the reed bed in front the hide and a Hobby was hawking behind the hide.
At The Patch 8 Mediterranean Gulls, 6 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls among c200 Black-headed Gulls and c150 Herring Gulls including a North Thames colour ring MX3T, also 2 Great Crested grebes off shore and a handful of Gannets feeding distantly. On the perimeter wall a single Hummingbird Hawkmoth.
Mediterranean Gulls
Juvenile Common Whitethroat
While I was at the observatory a neighbour brought in a juvenile Common Whitethroat that a local cat had caught, it seemed none the worse for it's experience but they had kept it overnight in a box, I placed it back in the bushes and hopefully its parents will hear it.
Small Copper(radiata)
Also while I at the obs. a rare form of Small Copper (radiata) was found in the moat by a visiting Small Copper expert, apparently this was only the second he had seen.
Brown Hawker at the ARC
The Plodland moth trap was fairly bulging last night, with an impressive for me 47 macro species, including a Balsam Carpet and my 10th Small Mottled Willow of the year, also at least 18 micro species including 96 Endotrichia flammealis and a gorgeous Cynaeda dentalis
Balsam Carpet Scarce on the peninsular
Cynaeda dentalis a gorgeous micro moth.
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