Spring "its official"

Ringing group "salad"

Moth traps and mistnets this morning. The moth traps produced a good quantity of moths but only 19 species, the undoubted highlight was two Grey-shoulder Knots which were new for the BM Ings site, the supporting cast included six Pine Beautys, four Shoulder Stripes, Five Water Carpets, a Satellite and four Early Tooth-striped. 184 Hebrew Characters provided the bulk.

Despite the most welcome warm bright sunshine we caught 53 birds, 38 new and 15 retraps. This total included the first Willow Warbler and Chiffchaffs of the year as well as eight Yellowhammers and five Tree Sparrows. A year tick also flew over in the guise of a Yellow Wagtail.

The first flush of butterflys also appeared with Comma, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell and Brimstone all showing well.