Weather: W force 1, NNE 2 by midday
A quieter day than yesterday but the star attraction was still there, indeed there were now 2 Southern Migrant Hawker dragonflies at the pond. So rare are they in this part of the country that at least one member twitched the insects from the mainland, that does not happen often !
There were no Sand Martins today but about a dozen extra Swallows passed through while in the paddocks a single Willow Warbler fed and 3 Wheatears did likewise in the open areas. Ten Gannets, 3 Guillemots, 2 Great Crested Grebes and 16 Scoter kept the 300 or so Sandwich Terns company on the sea, and an adult Mediterranean Gull was on the shore with 600 Black-headed Gulls. The best of the waders were 80 Ringed Plovers, 25 Turnstone and 25 Sanderling. Only a limited number of moths last night as below:
Eleven Small Whites, 9 Red Admirals and 6 Tortoiseshells comprised the butterfly total. A pair of Peregrines showed today as well as the Kestrel. Six Little Egrets and 3 Grey Herons explored the gutters. The setting sun was very impressive this evening.
Photos CJW
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