With the current stagnated hot weather, just small numbers of migrants seen although large numbers of common downland butterflies of 16 species were flying which included 12 Silver-spotted Skippers which were the best of the batch. Also 10 Migrant Hawkers were recorded.
Birds ringed are shown in brackets.
Common Buzzard 4
Hobby 1
Peregrine 1
Swift 8
Great-spotted Woodpecker 1
Sand Martin 18 E
Swallow c100 feeding around Hodcombe
Nightingale 1 juv
Common Redstart 1 male B/T area
Stonechat c20
Song Thrush 3 (1)
Grasshopper Warbler 2 (1 trapped and 1 B/T area)
Sedge Warbler 3
Reed Warbler 3 (2)
Lesser Whitethroat 3 (1) also 1 controlled from elsewhere.
Common Whitethroat c20 (1)
Garden Warbler 7 (4)
Blackcap 20 (14)
Chiffchaff 12 (9)
Willow Warbler 20 (6)
Jay 3 (1)
Raven 4+
Male Silver-spotted Skipper
Female Common Blue
Immature male Migrant Hawker
