Still slow on the sea!

10.00-10.40 from the fishing boats: 

Arctic Skua: 2+ around

Kittiwake: 2 down

Sandwich Tern: 36 down

Swallow: 21 out

Wheatear: 2 on the beach

A wander around The desert found, 7 Common Whitethroat, 6 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff, a steady trickle hirundines moving south and a Marsh Harrier hunting over the trapping area. 

 Grey Heron by the track to Hanson

In 2 visits to the ARC saw The Glossy Ibis, 2 Black-necked Grebes, a Garganey, 30+ Golden Plover, 200+ Lapwing, a Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Common Snipe, 2 Marsh Harriers and a leucistic Sand Martin feeding over the lake.
 At Scotney c55 Barnacle Geese with the feral flocks of Greylag and Canada Geese, c50 Yellow Wagtails, 200+ Golden Plover and myriads of Swallows and Sand Martins.

Below a few moths from last nights catch.

 Dark Spectacle

 L-Album Wainscot

Red Underwing