Finally managed to get in a birding session yesterday evening, Ebird list HERE. Highlights included 3 Green Sandpiper on Mill Pond Marsh, Wheatear on Ferry and a few Yellow Wagtails over. It was pretty quiet.
Summer holidays are a great time to spend even more time with the kids and family but its a blinking nightmare for getting in birding time. Over the last week or so locally I've missed Spoonbills, Ruff, Redstart and Pied Fly which I need for the local year list. Kids are back to school in a couple of weeks so will get things back on track then. This weekend we've got another camping trip- this time to the Isle of Wight.
The moth migration is keeping up despite the north-east winds- presumably everything in last few days has been a result of insects moving around after a initial arrival earlier.
The 4th Striped Hawkmoth for the garden with a late Elephant Hawkmoth
Scarce Bordered Straw (left) and Bordered Straw (right)
Large Thorn- a couple of these yesterday
Only one Sandwich Tern left at Church Norton now- summer is well and truely over
Whimbrel- only about four around in the harbour. There were very few migrants around yesterday overall presumably due to the clear nights and the north east wind, providing ideal migrating conditions and no need to stop
Works began on the Ferry Pool last week. Hopefully this will improve conditions, although it already seemed good to me. Seems a common thing in restoration to give a face lift to an already stunning bit of habitat but presumably that's something to do with something which involves money flows and loosely logical conflicting opinions which normally explains everything.
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