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Wednesday 22nd July 2015


A calm westerly wind this morning and light cloud produced several new migrants to the observatory which includes 2 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 1 Turnstone, 70 Swift, 21 Sand Martin, 19 Swallow, 7 Siskin, 6 Common Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Little Egret, 9 Common Tern, 1 Little Tern and 2 Mediterranean Gull.

This Large Yellow Underwing is the commonest macro moth in the traps at the moment.

Ringing: A very nice 20 birds ringed during the course of the morning which included 8 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet, 3 Starling, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Chaffinch and 1 Woodpigeon.