A female Serin (Serinus serinus), unfortunately looking away from the camera.
A foggy 5am start to the day was a clear sign that wind had dropped, allowing southly migrants, of the scarcer kind, to fly north after multiple days of strong northerly wind. We finally got a Ring ouzel, a Serin mobile around the reserve and the observatory compound, as well as a Whinchat, Redstart, 2 Black redstart, a Brambling, a Siskin and a Lapwing. 12 Wheatear present near the tip of the peninsula.
Sea watching producing; 2 Brent and a Heron south. Just a Whimbrel out and north. Overland; 9 Swallow north and 2 South, 2 Sand martin north and 2 south and 5 Mediterranean gull south.
Moth trapping: 2 moths present... very quiet with it being a particularly cold night, a Shuttle-shaped dart and a Swallow prominent.
Small white (Pieris rapae) on Birds foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
Bird ringing: 5 Whitethroat, 4 Willow warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Lesser whitethroat, 1 Black redstart, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Song thrush, 1 Reed warbler, 1 Goldfinch.
First-year plumaged Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)