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Tuesday 3rd August 2021


Anyone fancying doing a Dr. Crippen to their spouse then a handful of Henbane plants are on the reserve

 Another fine day, bright and sunny after the early morning clouds had dispersed with the light onshore breeze; offshore, totals comprised 29 Black-headed Gulls, 39 Common Scoter, 11 Sandwich Terns, 12 Common Terns, a group of 5 Eiders north, 7 Curlew and 3 Whimbrel south, 9 Gannets and 4 Oystercatchers.

On land, a few odds and ends consisted of 3 Blackcaps (presumably locally dispersing birds), a Green Woodpecker which shot past - the first one of the autumn, 2 Swallows, a Yellow Wagtail and single Sedge Warbler and Willow Warbler.

Ringing: Blackcap 3, Dunnock 1, House Sparrow 2, Blackbird 1, Linnet 4, Goldfinch 1, Robin 1


Cynaeda dentalis is a nationally scarce species living on Viper's Bugloss