Male Linnet (Linaria cannabina) out on the reserve.
A bright morning with a gentle SW wind slowly increasing. A Black Redstart still calling frequently from the fort. Two different families of Great Tit with young flying around the reserve.
Sea-watching produced a Canada goose north only. 14 Swallow observed flying south overland.
Moth trapping: 1 new species for this year, among a catch of 30 species, our first Small Elephant Hawk-moth of the season, typically a fairly common species here late summer.
Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila porcellus)
Bird ringing: 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackbird, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Linnet, 1 Reed Warbler.