Red-backed Shrike and Citrine Wagtail

The above were two birds I was hoping to see/find but didn't.

The first was the Red-backed Shrike seen near the Pleasure Beach Car park on Wednesday, spent 40mins or so looking for it but all I could muster was 9 Wheatears below is one of them.

 

I had a small amount of time between meetings on Thursday so popped to Kelling Water Meadows. I like strolling down the track and looking at the scrape at the end. I was hoping to find (re-locate) the Citrine Wagtail that had been at Weyborne the previous day. Plenty of juv Wagtails to sift through but I couldn't make any of them a Citrine. Did see a Spotted Flycatcher on the walk back which was nice. Also saw a large flock of Goldfinch (one below).

 

 

I also ran the moth trap on the night of the 28th, Caught 31 species, 24 Macro and 7 Micro added two new species detailed below and caught a total of 167 moths.

 

Brimstone Moth 2

Cabbage Moth 3

Common Marbled Carpet 1

Common Rustic 5

Copper Underwing 7

Dark Arches 2

Double-striped Pug 1

Flame Shoulder 5

Flounced Rustic 8

Garden Carpet 3

Large Yellow Underwing 41

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow 2

Nutmeg 1

Old Lady 1

Pale Mottled Willow 1 (NEW)



Riband Wave
Setaceous Hebrew Character 4
Shuttle-shaped Dart 6
Small Square-spot 3
Square-spot Rustic 33
Swallow Prominent 1 (NEW)

 

Uncertain 1

Brown House Moth 1

Common Grass-veneer 4

Common Grey 1

Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer 4

Garden Pebble 3

Light Brown Apple Moth 10

Mother or Pearl 2