Weather: WNW force 4
Quite a bit cooler this morning after a short hot spell with a lot of the emphasis on the increasing number of waders around the island including 250 Bar-tailed Godwits.
Their fresh water liking cousins the Black-tailed variety were also here, 25 birds. A thousand Knot and 2,500 Dunlin were the most numerous with 6 Whimbrel, 19 Ringed Plover, 25 Grey Plover, 40 Turnstone, 40 Sanderling and 25 Redshank.
On the sea 30 Scoter showed, also 2 Great Crested Grebes while 250 Sandwich Tern flew in to feed their young sat in the roost.
Eight Eider stayed about the islands today. Two Ravens have been here for the last week or so. Some of the juvenile landbirds are also being fed like this Wren.
The 2 Pyramidal Orchids that are on the island this year are now fading.
Butterflies today were 2 Red Admirals, 6 Green veined White and 2 Small White.
Ringed: 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin.
Photos CJW
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