Young Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) getting close to fledging, we ringed these individuals last week.
A warm morning with little wind, most notable migration was that of the Painted Lady with some 50+ individuals flying around the compound!, other than that, few migrants with some Chiffchaff and an adult Mediterranean gull. The Ringed Plovers seem to have gone into hiding while the reserve is busier. A ringing highlight was processing a juvenile Coal Tit as yellow as a Great Tit juvenile, just noticeably smaller, this bird will have flown from the town southwards, possibly as close as the customs house.
Moth trapping: 101 Species last night made their way into our 3 traps. Pick of the bunch was a Bordered Straw, this moth can be quite common in good migration years and absent in others. Sometimes the larvae can be found in coastal areas and contribute to a following late summer increase in numbers. 'Paler' individuals may have derived from desert origin, these often arriving with Saharan 'dust storms'. - UKmoths.
Bordered Straw (Heliothis peltigera)
Bird ringing: 5 Great Tit, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Robin, 1 Linnet.