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Tuesday 26th July 2022



Pleasantly low temperatures today, though still warm. A great spotted woodpecker and 2 green woodpeckers paid the peninsula a visit, like previous days. One of the green woodpeckers got ringed during the morning, the 4th to be ringed here this year, not a record breaking number but certainly notable this early in the season. 

A mystery raptor seen heading north was very likely a juvenile sparrowhawk, the first seen here in some weeks. 



A note from the moth identifier today, "best to avoid controversy and keep to easy identifications", a motto many could relate to, and one that's applicable to most invertebrate identification! This species is an Iron Prominent, a species which lives on birch and alder and so is infrequently seen here.

Birds Ringed: Blackcap 1, Goldfinch 1, Green Woodpecker 1, House Sparrow 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Linnet 4, Robin 1, Wren 1.