Common Scoter already heading south

26th June 2024 – warm and sunny/calm then ESE2/4
Offshore
Observations over the sea (0700-0800) were dominated by Common Scoter with 505 birds logged, also seen were 56 Sandwich Tern, 46 Manx Shearwater, 9 Gannet, 6 Kittiwake and first-summer Mediterranean Gull.
Miscellaneous
The Hooded Crow remains and a Peregrine was again the best of the rest.
Breeding Birds
Predation and disturbance has again proved a concern for ground nesting waders with few young seen.
Butterflies and Moths
Barred Straw the pick of the overnight attractions to the moth trap as numbers continue to increase and a small influx of Red Admiral was apparent