These mating Small Red-eyed Damseflies at the cottage pond, makes it an unbelievable 21 species of Odonata noted this year
A nice calmish start with some cloud cover but the NNE wind picked up significantly by mid-morning blowing the clouds away; again, there was a little scattering of migrants across the area which today included 3 Pied Flycatchers, a Redstart, a Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Willow Warblers, 3 Whitethroats, 2 Lesser Whitethroats and a Yellow Wagtail.
Also of note were 2 Arctic Skuas including a juvenile lingering just offshore, 3 Common Scoter, a Fulmar and 86 Teal and 6 Gadwall south at sea.
Ringing: Robin 1, Willow Warbler 1
Ancylosis oblitella is a nationally scarce species on the wing at the moment