A very quiet day today, despite promising conditions. One pied flycatcher and a willow warbler were the only migrants of note. We still have some breeding birds, with woodpigeons taking up residence under one of our sets of steps in the compound. There are plenty of juvenile woodpigeons present around the water features.
On the mammal front, we had our second ever record of house mouse in the observatories 40 year history. Our usual species are yellow-necked or wood mouse. During the days of military occupation they were surely more common.
Very few hawthorn moths have been noted this year.
Birds Ringed: Willow Warbler