30/07/2025

Pectoral Sandpiper early morning at the SE end of the ARC

A long fruitless wander around the Long Pits and Desert this morning, it can only get better.

Reed Warbler at the ARC this afternoon about to feed its young with a Brown-veined Wainscot I think?

At the ARC the Red-crested Pochard was still present this afternoon along with the Avocet family, they appear to have move to the back of the lake, so maybe birds will come to the near islands without fear of being chased off by protective Avocet parents, 5 Cattle Egrets were present with 2 Great White Egrets and the usual wildfowl but little of note.

Report from Burrowes of 2 Wood Sandpipers still, 2 Turnstones and a few Dunlin but nothing else notable.

A lovely Red Underwing resting on the Axell Viewpoint this afternoon

 

A gorgeous Beautiful Marbled was a welcome sight in my trap this morning

A Copper Underwing, although common on the peninsula this is only the second to grace my trap

A lovely Gem. always a pleasure to find one in the trap