A sunny morning with temperatures finally feeling like summer, highlight of the morning was the sighting of a male Western Subalpine Warbler, briefly in front of the observatory, but not seen again as of 14:15. Small number of other migrants in the compound; including Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler and a Garden Warbler ringed on monday this week. A Jackdaw briefly landed on our Motus tower, a somewhat unusual visitor to the point, although common in the town of Felixstowe.
Sea-watching produced 4 Oystercatcher north, 3 south and 1 towards the port. 3 Black-headed Gull south.
moth trapping: 53 species present across our 3 traps, with 15 species new for the year, many of them micros.
Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi), our most common hawk moth.
Bird ringing: 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Linnet, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Reed Warbler.