11th July 2023

 Weather: W force 3 light rain

An afternoon visit had 10 Swifts over the island, these are often associated with rain fronts as was the case this afternoon. A single Redshank was the sole wader present apart from 5 Curlews and 66 Oystercatchers. There were 4 Little Egrets and a Grey Heron. Sandwich Terns counted were well over 150. but later in the evening there were 280 including 20 juveniles south of Middle after the tide. It was a bumper day for butterflies. Around 150 large and Small Whites were over the south end of the island with about 70 over the thistles outside the obs gate at noon.