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Wednesday 18th August 2021

Early on in the half light 158 Common & 53 Sandwich Tern came out of the river & headed north. Our first Little Ringed Plover noted this year flew south. Also southbound 32 Common Tern, 26 Oyk, 15 Common Scoter, 10 Dunlin, 10 Swallow, 5 Sand Martin,  4 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Curlew, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Plover, 2 Turnstone, Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, Redshank & Teal with northbound 16 Gannet, 12 Common Scoter & 5 Oyk. A Little Tern was offshore late morning. On site a couple of Willow Warbler but little else in the migrant department although a Nightingale is loitering.

Only noted in Suffolk for the first time in 2015, the nationally scarce Caloptilia cuculipennella has arrived here this year and will be coming to a Privet hedge near you soon if world domination is its aim.

Ringing: 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Robin, 1 Wren.