Not much happened over the tide although the female eider with the damaged wing spent the tide at the south end and part of the time she shared it with a cormorant.
The 2 male Eiders and another female did fly passed the north end and 2 Shelduck spent the tide sitting on the sea. A few sandwich terns passed through also. A surprise find on Hilbre this morning was a migrant, albeit a Painted Lady butterfly.
There was a lot of breeding activity as well as the Linnets: Meadow Pipits were displaying; the swallows eggs had not hatched yet which was a good thing considering the lack of insects. Two adult and 2 juvenile Linnets were ringed.
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