Greylag goose (Anser anser), near the tip of the peninsula first thing this morning.
A sunny morning with a slight ENE wind. Once again opening nets to the sound of the Black redstart 1st year male, calling out from the walls of the fort, and continuing throughout the morning. A single Wheatear remains on the peninsula and a Whimbrel seen on the beach. Potentially a pair of swallow hanging around the observatory - maybe thinking about nesting?. Excitingly we also ringed our first fledgling Linnet.
Sea watching slowing with: 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Sanderling, a Cormorant and a Shelduck north. No passage south observed.
Overland migration included below 10 Swallow, and 3 Jackdaw south. A Peregrine was also observed flying east.
Moth trapping: 21 species caught last night, with three new species for this year: Sandy carpet, Garden Pebble and the Vine moth, today’s focus species.
The Vine is a nationally scarce species with landguard being its Suffolk stronghold, the larvae most likely living on the Ivy berries at this site.
Vine moth (Eupoecilia ambiguella)
Bird ringing: 2 Linnet, 1 Blackbird, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldfinch