A cool westerly wind during today produced a small scattering of migrants. Niceties today came in the form of 2 Pied Flycatcher, 1 Male Serin, 27 House Martin, 10 Swallow, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Sparrowhawk, 8 Goldfinch, 4 Sandwich Tern, 3 Common Tern and 2 Little Tern. Also, 9 Willow Warbler, 2-3 Wood Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Whitethroat and 1 Lesser Whitethroat.
This female Southern Hawker was found egg laying this afternoon in our pond, a little beauty.
Plenty of migrant moths in the traps, the red data book species Pediasia fascelinella showed up for the first time since 2001, presumably a dispersing individual from up the coast, unless a small population still exists here.
Ringing: 25 birds ringed during the day including 20 Starling, 3 House Sparrow, 1 Linnet and 1 Lesser Whitethroat.