Saturday 22nd October 2022

 

The first site record of Crimson Speckled, which is an immigrant moth from North Africa & the Mediterranean on the nature reserve this afternoon.

Heading south at least 597 Goldfinch, 88 Linnet, 31 Mipit, 22 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 3 Chaffinch & Grey Wagtail plus a Marsh Harrier heading northwards. Offshore apart from 111 Brent southbound just 13 Cormorant, 7 Shelduck, 2 Oyk, 2 Redshank, Curlew & Kitt plus a couple of Red-throated Diver fishing. On site migrants just in very low numbers included 25 Mipit, 7 Redwing, 3 Goldcrest & Firecrest. Finally a Clouded Yellow is worth a mention.

A few immigrant moths in the traps including this Gem.

Ringing: 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Robin.