A few bits n bobs around include a Whimbrel on the NE coast and the first butterfly of 22′ a Red Admiral, was reported from a sheltered sun trap on the south cliffs. 13 Mediterranean Gulls roosting in Braye Bay included colour ringed bird 3YKK, first ringed as a chick in Belgium in 2017, this is the second consecutive winter that this individual has spent in Alderney.

Photo (JH) Today’s ring read in the field’ Med Gull.