2 Sea watches today, this mornings watch was not particularly exciting, but 2hrs this afternoon produced 10 Arctic Skuas including a flock of 5 all East, also 12 Manx Shearwaters 7 East 5 West, so much better but birds were not flooding past.
Around the reserve the Red-crested Pochard remains at the ARC, usually asleep on the centre islands from Hanson, also 1 pair of Avocets look as though they are trying nest there.
Burrowes was very windswept producing 3 Little Gulls of note all 1st Summer birds.
Yellow Wagtail Lydd Fields
A walk out onto Lydd Fields yesterday found 3 pairs of Yellow Wagtails and 2 pairs of Corn Buntings, in the evening I found many more pairs of each around Scotney and Walland. I checked the Tree Sparrow boxes whilst I was there and most looked as though they have been used or are still in use 🤞for a good season. On the minus side I did not encounter a single Barn Owl which I would have expected to be out hunting to feed young, I'm hoping they are late laying and hatching this year.
A Pale Tussock a new moth for my VC15 trap
While out in Lydd Fields I came across many of these Whit-Satin caterpillars
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