3rd July

Not a very inspiring selection to report today with, migrant-wise, 3 departing Sand Martins overhead and a lingering Arctic Skua offshore as good as it got. Odds and ends of other entirely routine fare padded out the list but aren't really worth a mention here.

Moth-traps really quietened off now we're into fresher conditions - today's migrant/dispersing list far shorter than yesterday's. A Gem yesterday's best migrant, with a Round-winged Muslin the most infrequent disperser (only recorded here in four previous years)

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