Sunday 22nd May 2022

 

Impressive numbers of immigrant Painted Ladies have arrived over the last few days.

Spring bird migration is grinding down with today's representatives 5 Sanderling, 3 Wheatear, Reed & Sedge Warbler plus 20 Swallow heading southwards. 8 Brent went north. The first young Great Tit has ventured out into the big wide world from the security of its nest hole with more baby birds now starting to appear.

With a notable influx of immigrant Striped Hawk-moth into southern & western areas over the past week or so we were beginning to ask "Where's ours?" and it came to pass that one appeared. Previous years that they were noted here was in 2004, 2009 & 2015.

Ringing: 4 Linnet, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Robin, 1 Sedge Warbler.