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Saturday 26th August 2017


All sorts of critters turn up in the moth traps including this monster Caddis fly, Phryganea grandis.

A still humid night led into a hazy still morning. Migrants noted on the reserve, 7 Whitethroat, 3 Wheatear, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk & the first Tree Sparrow for the Autumn. Passage noted going South, 29 Swallow, 4 Oystercatcher plus 3 going North, 3 Gadwall & 3 Grey Wagtail.


Yet another addition to the site moth list. This worn Evergestis limbata is presumably a migrant of a species only recorded for the first time ever as recently as 1994.

6 birds ringed: Willow Warbler 2, Wren 2, Blue Tit 1, Robin 1.