The unfortunate light rain persisting to heavy rain for the whole of the day put a stop to much movement here at the observatory. Westerly winds and rain were not what we had hoped for, for mid August.
The only new migrants seen today, dodging the showers were 5 Common Tern, 4 Sandwich Tern, 1 Swallow, 1 Grey Heron, 15 Oystercatcher, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler and 1 Hobby.
The Gem moth, pictured above, gave us a visit today in our moth traps, a migrant to our shores, mainly found in the south.
Ringing: 3 birds ringed today including 2 House Sparrow and 1 Greenfinch.