No moths this morning and just 1 Purple Sandpiper at Hampton Pier, Herne Bay this afternoon.

Purple Sandpiper

Mild weather has meant the moths have started arriving with a Hebrew Character and Chestnut yesterday, and this morning a new tortrix for the garden. Picture below:

Acleris cristana

Just back from 10 days Birding in Calgary where the highlights were 6 species of Owl, 2 Gyrfalcons, Black-backed Woodpecker and Golden Eagle. More photos will appear on my Flickr site shortly.

Great Grey Owl

 Golden Eagle on road kill.

 Gyrfalcon

Having been suffering from one of these viruses for sometime I finally got to Dungeness today. We started at the ARC where liitle was to be seen but at the patch, roosting on the beach were both a Glaucous and an Iceland Gull (2 of the latter were reported later). After lunch we went round the main part of the RSPB reserve where highlights were: Ring-necked Duck, Long-eared Owl, 3 Goosander, 1 Smew, 7 White-fronted Geese, 1 Ruff, a drake Goldeneye in front of the Makepeace hide, and a 2nd sighting of the Glaucous Gull making a visit from the patch. On the way over to Rye the Red-necked Grebe and a Little Egret were on the pool just west of Camber. A good day.

Iceland Gull

 Goldeneye