The highlight of a very dull sea watch was the arrival of this RIB carrying 18 refugees
07.00-09.00 with CP
Common Scoter: 33E 4W
Red-throated Diver: 1W
Great-crested Grebe: 4 around
Fulmar: 1W
Gannet: 178W 46E
Kittiwake: 13W
Sandwich Tern: 6E
Common Tern: 5E
Arctic Skua: 1W
Guillemot: 3W
Harbour Porpoise: 6+
Yesterdays Purple Heron over the Long Pits, appeared to fly out to the reserve
A walk around the reserve today heard a Bittern calling and glimpses of Bearded Tits and the usual reed bed warblers. A Greenshank with the Redshanks in the hay fields, it was good to see 4 Lapwing chicks, how many if any will survive the onslaught from the many predators is another matter. It looks as though the small colony of Black-headed Gulls at the southern end of the ARC has been raided and destroyed by Badgers. The Glossy Ibis is still making appearances on the ARC and at Cooks Pool, also a breeding plumaged Great White Egret has returned to the reserve, Cuckoo's seem to be very scarce on the reserve.
The Hobbys have been putting on superb displays around the reserve when the sun comes out
Dropping onto its prey
At last I've started to get a few moths in my traps
Silver Y
First Angleshades of the year
Wormwood Pug I think?
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