The moth trap was disappointing with just Small Magpie, Eudonia mercurella, Common Plume and Red-barred Tortrix new for year and the totals going to 5/191/40.
Despite an earlier start it seems impossible to avoid traffic at Chichester!!
An early look at PB heathland produced another Rhagium fasciatum, half a dozen Rutpela maculata, the first Ruddy Darter of the year and many buzzy Little Flower Bees plus several Ammophila sand wasps.
On the reserve two, possibly three LRPs of which one was a juvenile, one eagle, point blank views of the recently regular Great White Egret and a heard-only Green Sandpiper; some of the gulls still have small chicks.
This splendid Dryad's Saddle on a cut stump in the cafe garden.
Finally a look for the recently seen and presumably nesting Spotted Flycatchers drew a blank although two large groups of students in the area didn't help. A Treecreper was obliging and, judging by the number of calls, from nearby were successful breeders.
Mostly housebound for a Parcelforce delivery which needless to say didn't arrive!!
So just local stuff above Astata boops, Essex Skipper, Comma and Small Tortoiseshell.
Several Reed Warblers with calling birds near the library and south side reed patches.
