Nightingale

A quieter morning around the point today, though the Nightingale was a nice addition, a few each of Willow warblers, Reed warblers, Common Whitethroats were also caught and processed. In The Moat a very elusive Pied flycatcher,  a few more Common and Lesser Whitethroats, Willow Warblers and a single Sedge Warbler. Nearby a juvenile Black Redstart.

 Willow Warbler

Early afternoon at the ARC from Hanson saw the long staying Wood Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpipers, a Little Ringed Plover, 2 Garganey and a Black-necked Grebe.

The afternoon sea watch was predictably very quiet, but a pleasant couple of hours sitting in the sunshine with a cooling sea breeze.

 The only notable sighting from the fishing boats this afternoon

 Restharrow

3 more new moths in the Plodland MV. A Restharrow was a surprise even though there is a colony just couple of kilometres from my garden it was not a moth I expected. 2 Cydia amplana were also new as was an overdue Rosy Footman.

Rosy Footman

Cydia Amplana