Linnet (Linaria cannabina) a male individual we have ringed. We are one of only 2 sites in the UK to have an active RAS (retrapping adults survival i.e. monitoring adult survival) in the UK due to our good population size.
A sunny but windy morning, with very few passage birds within the compound or out to sea, with 5 Swift overhead early morning and a group of young Chiffchaff that could have moved down into the area from towards Felixstowe town.
Seawatching: 3 Black-headed gulls were seen flying north and an Oystercatcher south then towards the port.
Moth trapping: 126 species recorded last night between the three traps, despite strong winds in the morning. Pick of the bunch is a small micro, but our first site record, the Thistle Straw (Aethes cnicana). This moth's caterpillar feeds on, as the name suggests, Thistle or plume thistles (Cirsium) to be precise. There are a few of these plants at this location so good chance it might be staying.
First site record of the Thistle Straw (Aethes cnicana).
Bird ringing: 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Dunnock, 1 Whitethroat.