Fen Wainscot

Six Common Sandpipers on Maer Rocks this morning.

Maer Rocks early morning - 3 Manx Shearwaters, 2 Redshank, 1 Curlew, 6 Common Sandpipers, 14 Sandwich Terns, 1 Common Tern and at least 8 Mediterranean Gulls. Off Mudbank a little later - 2 Sandwich Terns, 4 Bar-tailed Godwits, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Canada Goose and 5 Mediterranean Gulls.

Yesterday evening - emerging flying ants above our house attracted good numbers of Herring and Black-headed Gulls along with at least 3 Mediterranean Gulls and 2 Sandwich Terns. Also a Sparrowhawk over and a second-summer Yellow-legged Gull on the Warren View playing fields.

29/6 - Maer Rock from 0630 'til 0655 produced 10 Common Scoters, 29 Shelducks, 2 Swifts, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern and a feeding flock of 18 Shags. Off Mudbank - 4 adult and a juvenile Sandwich Tern, 93 Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 1 Whimbrel, 3 Mallard and the single Canada Goose.

Moths trapped over the last couple of nights included Buff Arches, Small Fan-footed Wave, Riband Wave, Common Carpet, July Highflyer, Fern, Haworth's Pug, Foxglove Pug, Wormwood Pug, Currant Pug, V-Pug, Double-striped Pug, Scorched Carpet, Early Thorn, Scalloped Oak, Willow Beauty, Brussel's Lace, Barred Red, Privet Hawkmoth, Eyed Hawkmoth, Elephant Hawkmoth, Buff-tip, Lobster Moth, Brown-tail, Rosy Footman, Muslin Footman, Scarce Footman, Common Footman, Buff Ermine, Kent Black Arches, Heart and Club, Heart and Dart, The Flame, Large Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, True Lover's Knot, Double Square-spot, Bright-line Brown-eye, Smoky Wainscot, Shore Wainscot, L-album Wainscot, Large Ranunculus, Poplar Grey, Sycamore, Grey/Dark Dagger, Knot Grass, Coronet, Old Lady, Dark Arches, Marbled Minor agg, Common/Lesser Common Rustic, Fen Wainscot, Uncertain, Small Marbled, Oak Nycteoline, Nut-tree Tussock, Silver Y, Spectacle, Beautiful Hook-tip, Varied Tortrix, Wax Moth, Double-striped Tabby, Rosy Tabby, Garden Grass-moth, Satin Grass-moth, Small Magpie, Corn-borer, Rusty-dot Pearl, Coastal Pearl, Olive-tree Pearl and Box-tree Moth.

Fen Wainscot - my first trapped in the garden and a stunning little moth. Migrants last night were just 1 Silver Y, 1 European Corn-borer and 1 Rusty-dot Pearl.

This is only my second garden Shore Wainscot.

One of several Black-headed Gulls catching flying ants over our house yesterday evening.

One of at least three Mediterranean Gulls that joined the 'anting' Black-headed and Herring Gulls.

Two Sandwich Terns joined the masses of gulls from time to time.

A second summer (3cy) Yellow-legged Gull was on the playing fields at the back of our house late yesterday evening.

Small Marbled. This and a couple Palpita vitrealis (Olive-tree Pearl) were the only migrants in the trap on the 30/6.

A flock of 29 Shelducks flying in towards the river on the 29/6. Langstone Rock in the background.