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Barn Owl (Tyto alba). An unusual sight to see flying around the nature reserve at Landguard during the morning let alone anytime!
A clear morning with a brisk, cold NNW. Inside the compound: 2 Brambling, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Siskin, 1 Redpoll (+1 seen near the point) and a Yellow-browed Warbler that was mist-netted. A Buzzard was seen circling overhead. Out on the reserve: a Barn Owl gave great views mid morning, flying around the nature reserve, a Black Redstart mobile in the shrubs and 1 Turnstone, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Redshank and a Rock Pipit all near the point seen at various times during the day.
Overhead migration: 20 Meadow Pipit, 18 Skylark, 4 Rock Pipit, 2 Stock Dove all south. 60 Chaffinch and 33 Starling off the sea and inland.
Seawatching:
South: 118 Black-headed Gull, 103 Brent Goose, 85 Wigeon, 28 Cormorant, 11 Common Gull, 9 Pintail, 7 Teal, 4 Sandwich Tern, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Red-throated Diver and a Ringed Plover.
North: 19 Cormorant, 9 Brent Goose, 4 Little Gull, 3 Gannet, 2 Barnacle Goose, 2 Sandwich Tern and a Common Scoter.
Feeding offshore: 4 Great Black-backed Gull and a Mediterranean Gull.
Moth trapping: 12 moth species between our 3 traps this morning. Moth of the morning is the Cypress Carpet, which haunts areas with Monterey and Leyland Cypress, first noted in 2010.
Cypress Carpet (Thera cupressata).
Bird ringing: 14 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blackbird, 3 Blackcap, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Jay, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Robin, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler.