The day dawned cloudy and still with very little migration evident, however it proved to be an active and interesting day with not many photos taken.
A few early migrants moved off with the usual species of 18 Yellow Wagtail, 9 Tree Pipit and 2 Grey Wagtail and later 3 Siskin.
A shout from Martin alerted us to an Ortolan Bunting over the Crown estate fields which then flew up to the Privet hedge.
3 of us went up there an inadvertently flushed the bird which then flew off to above Culverwell and has not been seen since, to my knowledge.
Anyway that over with the day settled down to some steady birding with one or two locals moaning about the lack of birds, however…………………………………:
2 Pied/White Wagtail, 5 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Pied Flycatcher, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 20+ Willow Warbler, 10 Common Whitethroat, 7 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Redstart, 1 Barred Warbler, 1 Wryneck and 1 Nightingale.
Again a steady flow of Swallow through the day with several groups of House Martin, 3 Sand Martin and a Swift.
Also: 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk and 5 Kestrel.
The sea was again very quiet with Gannet being the only species moving.
Mammals: A Bat species, possibly one of the Pipistrelles but appeared larger.
Dragonflies: Emperor, Common Darter.
Butterflies: Large White, Small White, Holly Blue, Common Blue, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Speckled Wood, Wall Brown and Meadow Brown.
Other: Jersey Tiger, Convolvulus Hawk Moth, Brown Bush Cricket, Southern Oak Bush Cricket.
Jersey Tiger (Loren)
Emperor (Loren)
Common Darter (Loren)
Bessie cat knapping on the bed of a vacant room!
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