Spot the Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus).
A threat of showers all morning but not realised with strong winds from the WSW. A juvenile male Barn Owl was caught in the Heligoland trap just at the start of twilight, having been seen out on the reserve last night. A Ring Ouzel was later discovered behind the kitchen (however remaining very skulky). 1 Swallow seen flying south. Out on the reserve 6 Ringed Plover and a Dunlin on the beach.
Seawatching:
South: 238 Brent Goose, 223 Wigeon, 31 Teal, 27 Common Scoter, 20 Dunlin, 20 Pintail, 9 Knot, 6 Shelduck, 6 Turnstone, 5 Cormorant, 5 Grey Plover, 4 Common Gull, 3 Gannet, 2 Red-throated Diver, 1 Common Tern, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Sanderling and a Snipe.
North: 5 Arctic Skua, 4 Red-throated Diver, 3 Common Scoter and a Cormorant north.
Feeding offshore: 11 Greater Black-backed Gull and a Mediterranean Gull.
Moth trapping: 17 months between our 3 traps last night. Brindled Green pays a visit roughly two years out of three.
Brindled Green (Dryobotodes eremita).
Bird ringing: 11 Blackcap, 6 Song Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Blackbird, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Chaffinch.