Uninspiring

Sunny intervals, 20°, light ENE.

A Bunk Line walk today that proved somewhat un.

Good numbers of Swift, Swallow and House Martin feeding overhead and the usual Warblers and Yellowhammer in song but fairly quiet overall.

Alan managed to find plenty of the larger insects with a couple of newbies for the year.

Mammals: Roe Deer.

Dragonflies: Beautiful Demoiselle, Emperor, Four-spot Chaser.

Butterflies: Dingy Skipper, Large Skipper, Small White, Small Copper, Small Blue, Common Blue, Brown Argus, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell & Peacock.

Moths: Mother Shipton & Garden Tiger.

Paul & Alan.

Common Whitethroat

Kestrel

Goldfinch courtesy Bill Nicholls

Large Skipper courtesy Alan

Brown Argus courtesy Alan

Bumblebee Hoverfly courtesy Alan.

Another day another mix

Sunny, 18°, light NNW.

Much the same as yesterday with 30+ Yellow Wagtail, 6 Tree Pipit and 25+ Siskin making their way out from dawn.

The day then settled down to looking for birds etc. around the bill area.

2 Peregrine Falcon, a Sparrowhawk and 6+ Kestrel.

10+ Wheatear, a Whinchat, 6 Stonechat, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 8 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Common Redstart, 1 Chiffchaff, c20 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap and a Wryneck.

A steady stream of Swallow with several small flocks of House Martin through the day.

The only stuff seen on the sea today were 3 Common Scoter flying east and 2 Oystercatcher along the west cliffs.

Dragonflies: Emperor and Common Darter.

Butterflies: Large White, Small White, Common Blue, Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Gatekeeper, Wall Brown, Meadow Brown.

Other species: Cosmopolitan Moth (from Southern Europe-North Africa), Garden Tiger Moth, Red-legged Spider Wasp, Barrel Jellyfish.

 Wryneck

 Willow Warbler in the early morning sun

 Peregrine

 Sparrowhawk

 Wall Brown

 Common Blue (Loren)

 Juv Stonechat (Loren)

 Red-legged Spider Wasp

 Garden Tiger Moth

 Barrel Jellyfish (Loren)