A small arrival of new migrants on-site including 7 Wheatear, Firecrest, Sparrowhawk, Skylark, Turtle Dove, Jay & Spot Fly. Vis mig movements heading south included 380 Swallow, 43 Black-headed Gull, 33 House Martin, 24 Goldfinch, 8 Oyk, 6 Sand Martin, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Siskin, Curlew, Tree Pipit & Yellow Wagtail. 6 Barnacle Geese went north then back south & 2 Avocet flew inland. The first baby Blackies of the year have just appeared - the bulk of the early nesting attempts appeared to have failed here due to the drought that existed here throughout April which meant that Mr & Mrs Blacky struggled to find enough food to keep junior alive in the nest.
Whilst swigging tea (us not the moth) this micro moth was noted which looks suspiciously like Incurvaria masculella, a species not noted here previously - although if it only flies around during the day and not end up in the traps at night then it has probably been overlooked previously.
11 birds ringed: 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, 1 Blackbird, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Firecrest, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Chiffchaff.