Firstly, the Common Rosefinch was again at Mont Matthieu early morning.

At St Ouen's Pond at least 6 Marsh Harriers were in the air, including three juveniles while on the Pond were the juvenile Great crested Grebe, a female Gadwall and over 100 Coots with a similar number of Sand Martins flying. A Turtle Dove was singing in Les Ormes valley along with 2 Garden Warblers, a Cetti's Warbler, a Whitethroat and a Dartford Warbler.

Birds at Plemont were 3 Puffins, 12 Razorbills, a Guillemot, over 100 Fulmars and 30+ Gannets with 5 Bottle-nosed Dolphins also offshore there.

Picture: Reprise of a super picture of Puffins, by Regis Perdriat.

What could best be described as an "iffy" sort of day after yesterday's scorcher, saw a few more hints of movement past La Coupe.

11 Mediterranean Gulls passed, the best count of the year so far, also a Balearic Shearwater, 30 Gannets, 6 Guillemots, 4 Razorbills, a Common Scoter, 4 Grey Herons and 5 Meadow Pipits. A Reed Warbler was in bushes there and a Common Buzzard paid a brief visit to St Catherine's Breakwater before heading back inland.

The Common Rosefinch was again at Mont Matthieu

A pair of Spotted Flycatchers on a survey square in St John is the only known pair on the Island this summer, a Black Redstart was in a garden in Jambart Lane St Clement yesterday and 7 Manx Shearwaters passed close inshore at Plemont at last light, heading east towards Sorel Point.

Picture: A second summer Mediterranean Gull, pictured by Romano da Costa.

It was another hot day, but without yesterday's rain.

The Common Rosefinch was again at Mont Matthieu.

At La Coupe, the first few signs on dispersal today, with a Little Ringed Plover passing northwards, a Skylark, a Meadow Pipit, 20 Swallows, 6 Linnets and 4 Goldfinches all heading off. A French trawler passing to the south had over 600 gulls in tow, mainly Herring and Lesser Blackbacked. 3 Mediterranean Gulls and 4 Black headed were the sum totals of the smaller gulls and a few Gannets passed in the still conditions. Unusually for the locality, a Short-toed Treecreeper was calling loudly for most of the morning and 2 juvenile Great spotted Woodpeckers were frequently on the wing.

Picture: Another distant view of the Common Rosefinch, yesterday morning..

The Common Rosefinch continued it's lonely vigil at Mont Matthieu today, but it is still very upbeat!

At St Ouen's Pond and the Sandpit were 2 Shovelers, 2 Gadwalls, 2 male Pochards, a juvenile Great Crested Grebe ( on the Pond), 2 Grey Herons, 140 Coot and 5+ Marsh Harriers. A Balearic Shearwater passed Grosnez, 2 Guillemots were again in the water there, and 2 Puffins were at Plemont. 250 Black headed Gulls were sitting out the tide at Bel Royal and La Haule.

Back to yesterday when a Common Buzzard was in St Peter's Valley and a ringing session in the St Ouen's Sandpit caught and ringed another 22 Sand Martins, 18 of them juveniles as well as re-trapping another 17 birds.

Picture: Common Redshank

The first record of the day was at 2 am this morning, when a Nightjar was in song near the Beauport headland again. Yesterday evening, shortly before dark, a Spoonbill flew through Grouville bay heading south-east.

Wader numbers are starting to trickle upwards now, with a Greenshank, 4 Redshanks, 4 Turnstones, 55 Curlews and 90 Oystercatchers around the south-east coast. 20 Common Terns were feeding off Seymour with Gannets, 2 Sandwich Terns were at Pontac and over 100 Black headed Gulls at Bel Royal.

Over the weekend occupants of Seymour Tower saw 7 Sandwich Terns, 2 Razorbills, 2 Mediterranean Gulls and 19 Cormorants among the many larger gulls. A Barn Owl visited a garden near Gorey

Picture: This juvenile Great spotted Woodpecker visited a different Gorey garden over the weekend, pictured by Andrew Koester.

On another very warm day, odds and ends past La Coupe included 3 CommonScoters, a Sandwich Tern, a Mediterranean Gull, 45 Gannets, 125 Lesser Blackbacked Gulls, 490 Herring Gulls, 52 Great Blackbacked Gulls, 5 Guillemots and 2 Razorbills ( see picture caption below)

44 Curlews were at Pontac and in the St Ouen's bay area were 4 Bearded Tits and a female Stonechat near Kempt Tower, a male and juvenile also having been seen there recently. A Redshank and Turnstone were in Grouville Bay yesterday and a Willow Warbler was reported singing near Nicholson Park.

Picture: This very newly ( or nearly ) fledged Razorbill paddled past La Coupe heading for St Catherine's this morning, calling continually. It must have paddled some distance, the nearest breeding site being at least five miles away and there was no sign of any adult birds. Hopefully it can feed itself, but may have just fallen off it's ledge.

It was another warm and generally sunny day today, far too nice for serious bird movement!.

Odds and ends again at La Coupe, with 3 Mediterranean Gulls, 14 Black headed Gulls, a Sandwich Tern and a Common Buzzard the pick. 27 Bottle-nosed Dolphins passed close in, worth the visit for that alone!

Yesterday and into the early hours of this morning, a ringing session at Plemont netted an excellent 17 Storm Petrels including an English ringed bird. Three Manx Shearwaters were in the vicinity calling, probably stationary on the cliff below the holiday camp and a brown owl sp flew past. A Long-eared Owl also made a close pass of a bird friendly garden above Gorey.

Picture: More common than the recent insect pictures, this Peacock was at Grouville Marsh.

Well, someone did know better ( see 24th). The Common Rosefinch has resurfaced at the Mont Matthieu site, singing there this morning.

Three more Mediterranean Gulls were seen in Grouville Bay and passing La Coupe and 100+ Black headed Gulls were also in the Bay. A Redshank was at Archirondel, 35 Curlews around the south-east corner and 4 Sandwich Terns at La Rocque. Little else passed La Coupe in the murky early conditions, 30 Gannets, 6 Grey Herons, a Kittiwake and 3 Guillemots the pick.

Picture: Yet another local insect rarity, with the first record for many years of a Four spotted Chaser at Victoria Tower, yesterday.

On what was probably the warmest day of the year so far, just a couple of items.

Mediterranean Gulls continue to feature with 4 in Grouville Day and another past La Coupe early. 4 Sandwich Terns were at the same locations. Other odds past La Coupe included 2 Guillemots, a Razorbill, over 650 Herring Gulls and 3 Peregrines including 2 juveniles together.

28 Curlews and 80 Oystercatchers were at Pontac and a single Turnstone at La Rocque

Picture: Oystercatchers in a joint display at La Coupe.

Firstly, a negative, with no reports of the Common Rosefinch for three days now, it may well have moved on ( unless you know better!)

Gulls featured again today with over 100 Black headed Gulls in Grouville Bay, including two juveniles and a further 67 in St Ouen's Bay. Mediterranean Gulls included an adult at La Saline, St Ouen, another passsing La Coupe and 4 in Grouville Bay, one the Hungarian ringed bird. 2 Sandwich Terns passed La Coupe and another 2 were at La Rocque.

Other odds and ends from around were 21 Curlews at Petit Port, 140 Coot in St Ouen's Bay, 8 Common Scoters, a Guillemot, a Razorbill, a Peregrine, 2 Sparrowhawks and 120 Swifts past La Coupe.

3 Puffins were at Plemont yesterday evening

Picture: Another Dainty Damselfly, this time female.