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Friday 31st July 2015


Cool calm conditions proved fruitful for a few new migrants to have moved overnight.

New migrants today included 3 Common Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Great-Spotted Woodpecker. 8 Siskin, 7 Goldfinch, 15 Swallow, 5 Sand Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 32 Cormorant, 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Tern, 2 Sanderling, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Gull and 6 Barnacle Geese.

Several Six-spot Burnet Moths are out on the Butts at the moment. A Brown Hawker dragonfly at the Obs is only the second site record following on from the first in August last year.

Ringing: 21 birds ringed during the course of the morning including 7 Starling, 5 Linnet, 3 House Sparrow, 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Dunnock, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Woodpigeon and 1 Great-Spotted Woodpecker.