Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina), now numerous around the site, a little look into the scientific name reveals a bit of a mythical interest ; Maniola refers to manes, a Latin term for the "souls of the dead" due to the dark appearance and jurtina loosely connects the butterflies to water springs.
A bright morning becoming hazy later, small increase of migrants and continuing increase in juvenile birds around. Perhaps most notable were 4 Blackcaps within the compound, unusual for June, not seen since 2012 with 5 individuals start and mid June. 2 of our failed Ringed Plovers have started nesting in other locations around the site and one pair still remains with 2 chicks!.
Few movements seawatching; 7 Barnacle Geese out and north and 2 Oystercatcher towards the port.
Moth trapping: 97 Species of moth this morning across our 3 traps. Moth pic of the day is the Small Marbled, an immigrant species previously recorded in 2015 and 2025. The moth is mostly found in good migration years with a tendency towards the south.
Small Marbled (Eublemma parva)
Bird ringing: 6 Goldfinch, 5 Great Tit, 4 Blackcap, 3 Linnet, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat.