Starting clear but then turning overcast, giving a nice break from the unrelenting heat for the first day of the countys hose pipe ban. A Juvenile Sedge Warbler ringed 6 days ago here was recaught here today, showing this individual using the site to fatten up. A Greenfinch was seen in the compound and 2 Lesser Whitethroats were heard across the the reserve.
Seawatching produced 25 Common Scoter, 11 Sandwich Tern, 4 Little Tern, 1 Gannet, 1 Kittiwake and 1 Curlew north. 10 Black-headed Gull and 3 Common Scoter south. 7 Sandwich Tern, 4 Little Tern and a Common Tern feeding on the shorelines. 9 Cormorant flying towards the port and then turned around and heading back out to sea.
Moth trapping: A quiet morning owing to the strong wind last night. 88 moth species recorded by our 3 moth traps. Pick of the bunch today is the Lamoria zelleri (Sandhill Double-spot), a nationally scarce species on coastal mosses that we have an established population of.
Bird ringing: 4 Linnet, 2 Great Tit, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Starling.