Early this morning I went outside to empty the Moth trap only to find it had been trashed, presumably by a cat chasing moths, even so it still contained 52 macro's of 25 species including another Small Mottled Willow.
Eyed Hawkmoth, 2 Poplar Hawkmoths, Small Elephant Hawkmoth and very tatty Elephant Hawkmoth
Grey/Dark Dagger
A very pleasant hours sea watch 08.00-09.00 from The Point:Shelduck: 19E (single flock presumably Heligoland bound)
Common Scoter: 16E
Great-crested Grebe: 4 on sea
Gannet: 15E 131W
Cormorant: 5 on sea
Oystercatcher: 1E
Mediterranean Gull: 7+ o/s
Sandwich Tern: c35 feeding o/s
Common Tern: c15 feeding o/s
Harbour Porpoise: 1
Grey Seal: 1
I then had a wander around The desert seeing very little of note as the temperature started to soar.
A chat with BB and DW and then off to the ARC where 2 Hobby's were hawking high over the car park. At Boulderwall several Tree sparrows were around the feeders, either side of the the track to the viewing ramp is a blue haze of Viper's bugloss, Hobby's were hunting either side and 3 Marsh harriers quartered the fields. From the ramp a Bittern put in a brief flyby appearance, while Reed, Sedge and Cetti's Warblers are still singing and family of Bearded tits put in appearance. By the time I got back to the car the temperatures were in the high 20s, so back home for a late breakfast and afternoon chilling.
The Viper's-bugloss on the peninsular is particularly stunning this year
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