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Friday 6th July 2012

Rain, heavy at times, now easing off. Going south 32 Curlew, 14 Swifts, 8 Oyks, 5 Common Terns, 4 Sandwich Terns, 4 Gannets, 3 Ringed Plover, & a Barwit. The big Ringed Plover chick is now 5 weeks old but was still managing to shelter from the rain under it's mums wing - bit of a tight squeeze. No one has had the enthusiasm to wander around the site in the rain so far. Moth traps a lot busier but all fairly predictable stuff with a Sand Dart the highlight. Migrant moths are still limited to a handful of Silver Y's & Diamond-backs.