Unseasonably windy. An Arctic Skua beating up the gulls offshore is the first recorded in July this century of a species that has steadily gone from almost a daily regular in the autumn to become a scarcity over the years. Southbound 65 Swift, 12 Curlew, 10 Common Tern, 8 Whimbrel, 6 Gannet, 5 Barwit, 4 Sandwich Tern, 2 Common Gull, 2 Common Scoter, Oyk, Dunlin, Greenshank, Sand Martin, Swallow & Teal with northbound 4 Gannet & 2 Sandwich Tern. Other observations hampered by the wind with most of the local breeders and their offspring keeping their heads down.
Abysmal numbers of Privet Hawk-moth so far with this only our second this year wheras in other years one to six a night would be the expected numbers in June/July.
