A slight south westerly breeze this morning, staying with us for the rest of the day proved to be productive again today for migrants.
Migrants today included 40+ Willow Warbler, 8 Common Whitethroat, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 3 Reed Warbler, 43 Swallow, 32 Sand Martin, 2 Swift, 20 Yellow Wagtail, 12 Goldfinch, 6 Tree Pipit, 4 Wheatear, 3 Whinchat, 2 Pied Flycatcher, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Common Tern, 3 Sandwich Tern, 16 Knot and 4 Redshank.
Purple Bar is a common enough moth, but one we don't see here very often.
In the early afternoon, a Black Stork drifted over the Observatory, being mobbed by the local gulls from the docks, before drifting south on the afternoons thermals towards the western end of Walton-on-the-Naze and then lost to view. This being the first record of this species for Landguard.
Ringing: 18 birds ringed during the morning which included 7 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Starling, 1 Robin, 1 Great Tit and 1 Sparrowhawk.