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12th Aug

A seemingly slower day, considering the seemingly decent conditions of easterlies and a light shower at dawn. Birds on the land included a Green Sandpiper briefly landed on the Long Pits, only eight Willow Warblers, three Sedge Warblers, 18 Reed Warblers, five Lesser Whitethroats, 13 Whitethroats, a Pied Flycatcher, a Whinchat and 11 Wheatears. Visible migration was yielding interest but it was set to just a trickle throughout the day with a Whimbrel, two Grey Herons, a Hobby (that flew south out to sea), 30 Sand Martins, 70 Swallows and 13 Yellow Wagtails. The sea was deadly quiet, with the only bird of note at the Fishing Boats being a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull

The moth traps were quiet however a fantastic total of 27 Hummingbird Hawkmoths were noted during the day, mostly heading north but a dozen along the Power Station wall again, where there was also five Clouded Yellow Butterflies