Ray's Knotgrass, a rare species found on coastal sand and shingle, is one of the site specialities and appears to be thriving at the moment as these pictures show. The bottom shot shows a close-up of the flowers.
It is still very quiet at the moment with little happening except for the return passage of Curlew, with 61 moving south offshore this morning plus a single Whimbrel. Apart from that, only a couple of dispersing juveniles in the form of a Chiffchaff and a Coal Tit raised the interest, along with a passing Hobby. The Starling roost is now up to at least 500 birds, and we are still managing to catch a few first thing before they head off to feed.
Moth-wise, we are still catching a few migrants, including another 3 Bordered Straw and a couple of Dark Swordgrass.
Birds ringed today totalled 22, of which 15 were Starlings, 3 Linnet,and 1 each of Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Dunnock and Wren.