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Saturday 3rd July 2021

We need some more sunny spells to bring the butterflies out - even Meadow Brown's are in short supply.

Southbound 83 Black-headed Gull, 9 Common Scoter, 6 Curlew, 3 Oyk, 2 Common Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern, Swallow & Whimbrel with northbound 7 Sandwich Tern & Common Scoter. On site a couple of dispersing Chiffchaff arrived but, otherwise, it's baby birds time of the year. It was only on the 9th June that the last Sanderling of the spring were noted on their way to the far north with 2 today probably the first of the autumn on their way back to West Africa.

First site records in the moth department have been non-existent so far this year & we were not expecting to add what we thought was Pleurota bicostella to the list but may actually be the similar looking Sophronia semicostella which we have also not seen before.

Ringing: 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Starling, 1 Wood Pigeon.