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5th July

There was a very small arrival of migrants on the land today with a Redstart of note while birds passing through included 42 Swifts, a Red Kite, 46 Sand Martins and four Yellow Wagtails. Offshore, 11 Common Scoters flew past, eight Mediterranean Gulls and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull were feeding offshore and a Little Egret was also feeding on the beach.

Three Porpoises and two Grey Seal were feeding offshore.

The moth-traps produced three Small Mottled Willows, a Beautiful Hook-tip and a Plumed Fan-foot of note.

There was a huge increase in dragonfly numbers with 20 Small Red-eyed Damselflies, two Lesser Emperors, five Norfolk Hawkers and nine Red-veined Darters of note. 

Elsewhere, the Caspian Tern was still showing well on the RSPB Reserve.

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