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Saturday 2nd May 2026

 

Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Hearing a Wood warbler singing around 6am whilst making a brew, was a nice morning treat. Efforts to find the Tawny pipit where in vain, following the drop in winds over night and a spell of rain, this spell of rain is likely the reason the first spring Wood warbler for six years dropped in.

6 Yellow wagtail near the tip of the peninsula, 4 Wheatear and a White wagtail. A Woodlark appeared late morning & a Spotted Flycatcher mid-day.

Seawatching produced 8 Dunlin and 5 Sandwich tern flying north and 2 Sandwich tern and 2 Cormorant flying south. 2 Whimbrel flying west over the port. A House martin and 27 Swallow south overland. 

Moth trapping: Milder night resulted in 31 species including the 2nd site record of Pammene gigantena, a nationally scarce species that feeds on oak- apple galls.                                                          

 
 Pammene gigantena

Bird ringing: 6 Lesser whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Linnet, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Willow warbler, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Robin, 1 Spotted Flycatcher.