Sunday 17th June 2018

You never know what you will get on this blog - Painted Lady egg on Cotton Thistle.

On the move southbound 34 Swift, 18 Black-headed Gull, 7 Curlew, 5 Swallow & 2 Oyks. Migrants in the bushes consist of 2 Chiffchaff and 2 singing male Blackcap which will be failed breeders trying their luck somewhere else before it is time to go back south again.

Lathronympha strigana used to be abundant here but is now in much lower numbers despite its food plant (St.John's-wort's) being common here.

9 birds ringed: 4 Great Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Goldfinch.