Notes: A quiet session today. The warning of high temperatures didn’t materialise early in the session as it clouded over soon after we arrived. We were on the northern edge of the rain front that passed east along the south coast. After a little spotting it cleared from the west and when the sun appeared from behind the clouds it started getting hot as forecast. On the bird front its was quiet and we only ringed six birds; the nets down round being the only round with more than one bird in the net. This included the only migrant –- a Blackcap, the others ringed being dispersing juvenile plus an adult male Dunnock. The strong easterly breeze affected the nets making them more visitable than usual and probably contributed to less birds than expected being ringed.
Sightings: It was quiet generally with relatively little avian movement apart from Starlings that flew low east for a while mid-session. The only other notable birds species was the Cormorant flying over high towards Lower Farm GP – this was once a regular sight but less so for the last year or so. On the non-bird front Southern Hawker and Brown Hawker are a first for this year.
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