A quick and uneventful drive through to Blashford with just a few Buzzards en route. Some seriously heavy but thankfully brief showers tested out the new carpark surface; it didn't exactly pass with flying colours as it flooded up pretty quick into the large hollows! Checked with JD/JG re. locations for Bee Orchids - and eight or so, some gone over already, in one of the usual spots.
Moth wise this Small Magpie was in a hide and, unsurprisingly after such a wet and windy night, the trap held little although Light Brocade was nice and Scarce Merveille du Jour is always good to see; I don't recal ever seeing it anywhere but here.
The wet weather forced down 150 Swifts and 500+ martins, mostly Sand. Distant Hobby and Red Kite plus a low flying cream-crowned Marsh Harrier which scattered all the nesting gulls and was chased off to the west were the best of the birdlife
