4 Coal Tit (Periparus ater) ringed today is on par with the sites ringed record set on 20/09/1996, with 6 ringed this year it appears to be a good year for them, alongside other Tits.
A weird morning with a random shower at half 4 in the morning producing a double rainbow seen across Felixstowe, followed by a group of 7 Swift moving south. Late morning becoming warm with a nice sea breeze. All quiet within the compound except for a Coal Tit and a Whitethroat. Mostly quiet on the reserve, with our Ringed Plover chick still surviving.
Seawatching produced a Curlew south and a Mediterranean Gull north.
Moth Trapping: 72 Species across our 3 traps last night owing to the warm and overcast night and less wind. Moth of the day is the L-album Wainscot, a moth first recorded in Suffolk at Landguard in 2000. This moth is now well established in Suffolk, with plenty of coastline grass species for the larvae to feed on.
L-album Wainscot (Mythimna l-album)
Bird Ringing: 4 Coal Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Dunnock.