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Tuesday 22nd March 2011

Another calm day with the temperature warming up by mid-day. Highlights were a Lapland Bunting moving south and 2 Mealy Redpolls. Also of note were 2 Rook, 1 Shag and a Brambling. Birds ringed today were 1 male Mealy Redpoll, 1 male Goldcrest, 1 Robin, 3 Redwing, 4 Blackbird, 3 Great Tit and 2 Blue Tit. In the moth traps were Lead-coloured Drab and Acleris cristana - both species have only been noted on a couple of occasions previously. Also in the Moth traps were a Hawthorn Shieldbug and Green Shieldbug.