Sand martin pit stop
Today brought around 40 Sand Martins outside the sand martin hide. A dozen at a time were perching just outside the viewing windows giving incredibly close encounters of these birds before they leave our shores for Africa. A mixture of adults and youngsters could be identified with some of the young still begging for food on occasions.
Other migrants were 50 plus House martins, Chiffchaff and Common sandpiper.
Insect migrants moving up from the continent recently include Hummingbird hawkmoth and Clouded yellow butterflies. These have been showing best in areas of plentiful flowers on the wetlands discovery and the wet grassland. One hummingbird hawkmoth was also feeding very close to the restaurant decking area.
