The local Mediterranean Gulls are starting their post breeding moult as can be seen in this photo(above).
A new micro moth was recorded in the traps this morning(above). The beautifully marked, but minute Phyllonorycter joannisi. It is a leaf mining species that is expanding its range northwards.
The weather first thing did not help us bird wise, as rain moved in around breakfast time, but it soon cleared and the sun came out. What little there was appeared mainly offshore with 5 Redshank, 1 each of Curlew and Grey Heron, 8 Swallows and 4 Swifts all going south.
Only 1 bird was ringed, that being a Song Thrush.