Migrants today included 30 Willow Warbler, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat & 3 Blackcap. Heading south 32 Swallow, 5 Sand Martin, 4 Common Tern, 4 Curlew, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Oyk & 2 Common Gull. 2 Black Red were in the moat, on the caponier & around Darell's Battery. Unfortunatly the 4 Ringed Plover chicks still present yesterday seem to be down to 2 this morning & are about 100 yards from where they have been since they hatched ten days ago suggesting some unpleasant overnight occurence. A Willow Emerald damselfly is worth a mention as they are on the scarce side around the Felixstowe peninsula so far this year.
Last century White-line Dart was one of the commonest species in our traps but is now only present in single figure counts. High numbers are no longer the case with the species now on the Red List as "vulnerable", a situation inconceivable when they were being turfed out of the moth traps in their hundreds in the 1990's.
Ringing: 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Dunnock, 2 Robin, 1 Goldfinch.
