Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) adults are now in primary moult.
Sunny and and slightly less beezy morning. A Black Redstart was calling briefly from the fort early morning. Quiet within the compound with mainly juvenile birds including Cetti's Warbler, Goldfinch, Linnet, Great Tit, Lesser Whitethroat and 2 well developed Reed Warblers. Ring Plovers wandering around the reserve with chicks.
Seawatching today was slow despite the reduced wind: South; 17 Sand Martin, 2 Curlew, a Black-headed Gull and a Shelduck. 2 Cormorant towards the port. 4 Sandwich Tern and 2 Black-headed Gull remaining feeding offshore.
Moth trapping: 65 moth species recorded last night with it warm and breezy. Moth of the day is the Bedstraw Hawk-moth, with rarely more than 10 annual sightings in Suffolk, this immigrant species from Scandinavia, the Baltic states, and occasionally other parts of northern and central Europe, is mainly found by the coast in the Uk. They may breed in a number of places this year if a significant influx occurs.
Bedstraw Hawk-moth (Hyles gallii)
Bird ringing: 3 House Sparrow, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Linnet, 1 Reed Warbler.