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Wednesday 18th September 2019


Barn Owl was unexpected as they only rarely turns up here. Apart from 29 Med Gulls in off the sea. Migrants hard to come by but included 55 Meadow Pipit, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Common Sand, 2 Purp Sand, Chaffinch, Lesser 'throat, Turnstone & Wheatear. 2 Tree Sparrows are still with us. Vis mig & offshore movements almost non-existent.


Presume these are Medicinal Leech ? - despite being about 5 inches long they are Rat-tailed Maggots, a generic term for many species. The ones we normally see are less than half this size. Identification to species level is going to be a lot harder.

Ringing: 3 Blue Tit, 2 Blackcap, 1 Dunnock, 1 Great Tit, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Robin, 1 Wren.