31st July 2015

Weather: S force 2
A juvenile Whitethroat was grounded this morning, the first of the autumn, but was the only warbler to appear. There are at least 4 young Swallows fledged on the island, and several young Wrens were about the paddocks and the obs garden. A moulting adult Mediterranean was in the east gutter at the south end of the island, there have been several such records this last few weeks. Six Bar-tailed Godwits were on the east hoyle tide edge. Grey Seals numbered a healthy 502 hauled out on the west hoyle.
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