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13th July 2026

Water Rail-S. Griffin

It was cloudy and I had to wear a jumper in the morning but by the afternoon the sun came out.

Todays moths: 2 Brown Tail, 1 Willow Beauty. 1 Lime Speck Pug, 1 Common Footman. 1 Pine Hawk Moth, 11 Rustic/Uncertain, 1 Noctua janthe/janthina agg., 1 Turnip, 1 Buff Ermine, 1 Cloaked Minor,  Catoptria pinella, 2 Oliga sp., 2 Garden Tiger, 1 Bright-line Brown-eye, 4 Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Scarce Footman, 2 Ruby Tiger, 1 Shuttle Shaped Dart, 1 Dark Arches, 1 Cnephasia sp., 1 Flame Shoulder, 1 Hemlock Moth, 1 Drinker, 1 Piniphila bifasciana, 1 The Clay

Best bird sightings today were 1 Water Rail showing well in front of the NWT hide (photo by S Griffin), 2 juvenile Spoonbill, each with an adult and begging for food, plus 1 Whimbrel and 2 Curlews flying over.

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