A breakfast of bunny for the growing cubs, the adults have been working hard to provide for them.
Although quite bright this morning a strong Northwesterly wind took the edge off it feeling warm. Gulls and terns were feeding and gathering off the point on this mornings falling tide, 280 Herring Gull, 40 Little Tern, 35 Black-headed Gull, 15 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Common Tern, 2 Med Gull & 1 Great Black-backed Gull. A few more Whitethroat have fledged, juveniles could be heard making "tacking" contact calls to adult birds throughout the reserve and the first Ruddy Darter for this year at Landguard was seen at the Observatory.
Noted on the reserve, 150 Starling, 60 Linnet, 15 Whitethroat, 8 Shelduck, 5 Pied Wagtail & 2 Lesser Whitethroat. Going North, 8 Little Tern. Going South, 41 Black-headed Gull, 32 Swift, 9 Med Gull, 8 Swallow, 2 Curlew, 1 House Martin, 1 Oystercatcher & 1 Sand Martin.
Buff Arches lives in areas with bramble so hardly surprising it turns up on occasions.
Ringing: 1 Song Thrush