Another hot sticky morning with migrants consisting of southbound 5 Swallow & Yellow Wag plus another Yellow Wag on the reserve. Offshore southbound 5 Common Scoter, Curlew & Whimbrel. Early morning tern numbers are building up with at least 21 Sandwich & 10 Common feeding in the estuary. Another dispersing juv Great Spotted Woodpecker visited with the numbers of this species so far this summer suggesting that they had a good breeding season.
Marbled Clover is a Red Data Book species in the Brecks & north of us along the Suffolk coast where this one has possibly wandered down from although with the onshore breeze it could by a migrant coming in from the continent.
Ringing: 3 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 1 lesser Whitethroat, 1 Linnet.