Monday 8th June

A few late hirundines continue to trickle north with 20 Swallow and two House Martin today. Also moving a few waders with 17 Dunlin, 12 Ringed Plover and seven Sanderling probably northward bound whilst 35 Curlew presumably included birds returning south.

Wildlife News: A Painted Lady flew north today with many other invertebrates now emerging in the summer weather.

 Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus) - Alan Keatley

Thick-thighed Pollen Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) - Alan Keatley