Another mostly fine day, which started relatively calm but the wind gradually increased to fairly strong from the west and north-west. An arrival of warblers into the Trapping Area during the first few hours of light included 30 Lesser Whitethroats, 50 Whitethroat, 25 Willow Warblers, four Garden Warblers, ten Reed Warblers, two Sedge Warblers, a Redstart and four Wheatears. Overhead, a Green Sandpiper, 30 Swifts, a few Sand Martins and a Yellow Wagtail flew over. The sea was very quiet, with just a Common Sandpiper west along the beach of note.
A Grey Seal was feeding offshore.
On the insect front, the first adult Sickle-bearing Bush Crickets were out this evening with four located. Otherwise, 13 Hummingbird Hawkmoths and a Clouded Yellow were seen, mostly along the Power Station wall.
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| Clouded Yellow flushed by a Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Martin Casemore) |