Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) sitting next to some Narrow-leaved Ragwort, which is an invasive weed from South Africa.
Starting sunny but later clouding over and raining for the rest of today. Few additions to the compound with 2 Blackcaps arriving new. Lesser Whitethroat and Whitethroat present also and the Ring Plover were still present on the reserve with a chick.
Seawatching produced a small number of movements with 5 Black-headed gulls flying south and 2 east. 1 Cormorant was also seen flying south.
Moth trapping: A colder night, so once again a smaller catch with 21 species present across our 3 traps. Todays moth of the day is the Heart and Club, a moth now classified as nationally common with the moth preferring sand dune habitat in the south east. Once not recorded here in the previous century, it is now a regular visitor to our traps in summer.
Heart and Club (Agrotis clavis).
Bird ringing: 3 Linnet, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Blackcap, 2 Dunnock, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 House Sparrow.