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I tried the moth trap for the first time last night, not the most successful session I have enjoyed with less than 50 moths mostly Large yellow underwing, a Garden Dart and Garden Carpet the highlights. WWT Llanelli was more successful with 289 Redshank, 33 Greenshank c100 Knot 2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Ruff ♀, 33 Wigeon, and 2 Peregrines, an immature ♀ and an adult ♂ Flight shots are not easy on a "bridge" camera especially when trying to photograph the fastest bird in the world  just landed, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff and Knot

Not a lot going on today, but 33 Little Egrets in the Loughor river was pretty good. Most of the 33 Little Egrets Pied Wagtail male

A two hour drive, then a three and a half hour flight and then another 2 hour drive didn't put me off leaving the house at 5:30am today to go ringing!!!! I went to my own site at Sandy Water Park, to ring in a piece of mixed woodland/scrub/grassland. For a first visit, not knowing the best sites for the nets it was a short productive session with only 10 birds caught. Six male Blackcaps, and two male Goldcrests plus a Wren and a blackbird made up the small catch but valuable lessons learned. There were also four Mistle Thrushes, four Siskins and a Great Spotted Woodpecker around. Goldcrest Juvenile male Blackcap

A family holiday in Halkadiki, Greece, little time for any birding but a few nice species seen: Icterine Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Hoopoe, Marsh Harrier, Sardinian Warbler, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Pallid Swift, Cirl Bunting, these were the best of the bunch. Male Cirl Bunting Bee-eater colony  nest site  ( not in use ) Insects included lots of unidentified butterflies, (from the sunbed) Praying mantis spp, Stick Insect spp., plus Southern Darter. Praying Mantis Southern Darter?? Stick insect??