Summer solstice at 0924 hrs this morning after which its all downhill - it's being so cheerful that keeps us going. Maybe we need to tap into the Opium Poppies on the reserve !
Very few sightings of Black Redstart recently so 2 together this morning was a bit unexpected as they were both first-summer plumaged males that were having an altercation & are breeding in the adjoining dock area. One a fairly standard "paradoxus" morph with the other a "carii" morph that looked "female-ish" but was a far bigger bird than the other one, with no signs of a brood patch, so must be a male. Males take no part in incubation in this species. Otherwise it's dispersing baby birds including single Great Spotted Woodpecker & Grey Wag.
Moth traps hectic. Celypha rosaceana is today's chosen one as it likes it here down here by the seaside.Ringing: 2 Black Redstart, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Great Tit, 1 Robin, 1 Wood Pigeon, 1 Wren.