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25th July

A Greenshank, 75 Sand Martins and five Crossbills flew over the area this morning and at least 1000 Mediterranean Gulls flew over the area this evening (having flushed from Lade Sands). Ten Willow Warblers and another Pied Flycatcher were seen in the bushes.

The moth traps produced a Pine Hawk-moth, another Four-spotted Footman and an Ear Moth of note.

Of note elsewhere was an adult Black-crowned Night Heron at Hookers Pit on the RSPB Reserve and the spectacular sight of at least 4,400 Mediterranean Gulls on Lade Sands with 38 colour-rings read..


Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax   
adult   Hooker Pit, RSPB Reserve   25th July 2025




Mediterranean Gulls Larus melanocephalus   Lade Sands    25th July 2025


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