An unexpected second chance presented itself this morning. Joe Owens found two juvenile Little Stints on the Windmill Pool shoreline, almost certainly the birds seen by John Oates on Wednesday which were assumed to have gone after they were reluctant to settle. It is surprising that no-one saw them on Thursday, but they are small, the reservoirs large, and I'm not sure how much coverage there was.
Anyway I was off like a shot and saw them immediately on arrival. A few years ago one stayed there for a week, but I was besotted by Morton Bagot at the time and didn't twitch it. I've regretted that decision ever since...until today.
It seems ages since I last saw a Little Stint.
I couldn't spare much time this morning, but did count 23 Meadow Pipits, five Siskins and about 20 hirundines of all three typical species before I had to leave.
Garden moths: The trap went out this evening for the GMS, and as it was a mild night I caught a healthy 83 of 22 species. None were new for the garden, but three were new for the year; Lunar Underwing 19 caught(very common), Brindled Green (just about annual), and the enormous Old Lady (first since 2021).
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| Old Lady |
There were one or two surprises among the rest, as they included two which must have been the second generation this year. So both Yellow-tail and Riband Wave were species I thought I'd seen the last of in July.
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| Yellow-tail resting on window, showing off its orange/yellow "tail" |
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| Riband Wave |
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