Monday 9th July 2018

Common Tern numbers off the point have not been very good so far this summer.

Migrants today consisted of a Whimbrel south, 18 Swift north & a Sand Martin doing some loitering. A fully independent young Shelduck joined the locals on the reserve must be from an early brood somewhere. 8 Med Gulls were sat on the reserve including the first juvenile of the autumn.

Peach Twig Borer is an adventive species having spread around almost the entire world on fruit. Confusion surrounds our only previous record around a newly described similar species that we were unaware even existed at the time of the previous one.

Ringing: 2 Linnet, 1 Dunnock, 1 Wren.