Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) with its now one-week-old chick, having unfortunately lost the other.
An overcast morning with a gentle breeze. Although seemingly quiet within the compound plenty of dispersing migrants found their way into nets as well as a good dose of young Linnets. Out on the reserve 3 Lapwing were on the beach early morning and a Black Redstart calling from the Fort again. 3 young Kestrels again near the point, let's hope that ring plover keeps hiding well!.
Seawatching produced South: 28 Sandwich Tern, 19 Black-headed Gull, 13 Cormorant, 5 Curlew
North:18 Sandwich Tern, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Gannet.
Moth trapping: 30 Moth species last night - very quiet for this time of year potentially due to the drought conditions. Moth of the morning is the Marbled Clover, a nationally scarce species, far from annual here, that is having a good year with 10 of these recorded at this location this month. This moth can be seen during the daytime feeding on Viper's-bugloss, common across the reserve.
Marbled Clover (Heliothis viriplaca).
Bird ringing: 11 Linnet, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Nightingale, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Great Tit, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Wren, 1 Whitethroat.