16th June

A day of mixed weather, starting off bright and sunny with a light easterly breeze, followed by a band of light drizzle before reverting back to bright and sunny with the wind switching into the SW with yet another band of rain early evening but settling down into another picture postcard evening.    As befits the time of year our focus is on the breeding birds but events 49 Km to the NE prove anything is possible....try as we might though we couldn’t produce many migrants!

                Birds of note did include the Heron, a female Garganey on Garso, a returning flock of 13 Black-tailed Godwits, a Whimbrel, a Collared Dove and the first 2 Swifts of the ‘autumn’ (and only our second record of the year).   A further influx of 60+ Painted Ladies and 25+ Red Admirals with a steady southbound movement was the best migration spectacle on offer.

Painted Lady

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