It really is baby bird city at the moment. Last years drought did nobody any favours with juvenile productivity far better for many species this year. Whitethroats don't worry about the almost constant succession of dog walkers on the Butts and it doesn't effect the number of young reared.
Southbound 12 Teal, Common Tern, Med Gull & Sandwich Tern with northbound 15 Swift. Another dispersing juvenile Blackcap turned up which is beginning to suggest that they have turned out plenty of young elsewhere and it may (hopefully) be a good autumn passage for them later on.
Celpyha striana starting to appear - its foodplant is the roots of Dandelions.
Ringing: 13 Linnet, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Blackbird, 1 Blackcap, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Robin, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Wren.