The Juvenile Birder

 Spurn on Point We arrived at around 6:40am and started the day by walking along the canal, hoping to see an Icterine Warbler and any other migrants. Halfway along the canal footpath, I spotted a juvenile Red-backed Shrike , sat in a bush, before it flew on the other side of the canal and landed on a post. We then reached the end of the canal footpath, so we checked the Crown & Anchor car park before entering Churchfield. We didn't see many birds in Churchfield, but I did see a Gatekeeper . We then noticed a warden opening a moth trap. I was looking to see if there were any new moths for me in the trap, so I asked him about all the moths I spotted which looked interesting. The first new moth I saw was a Dusky Sallow as well as a Common Plume  (both pictured). I then saw the only two new underwing moths in the trap, a Copper Underwing  as well as a Pearly Underwing  (a scarce migrant moth). The other new moths I saw in the trap were Dingy Footman , White Point , Common Yellow Co

 Submerged in Nature! Day 1 We arrived at the Cwrt Farm at around 12:00pm and unloaded the luggage from the car, ready to put on the trailer that takes it all down to the boat. While waiting for the trailer to arrive, I looked around the car park for any interesting butterflies. Eventually, I saw a white butterfly species land on a bramble leaf. At first, I didn't know what it was, but after a bit of research, I found it was a Small White , my first confirmed sighting of this butterfly! Eventually, the trailer arrived and after helping load the luggage, we began the walk down to Porth Meudwy. Along the track, I noticed many more white butterflies but I couldn't identify them. I also noticed my first ever Gatekeeper,  as it landed on an umbellifer. We then reached the beach, and while waiting for the boat, we met Ollie. I found out that he is here to assist with researching the Manx Shearwaters. While waiting, we also spotted Small Tortoiseshell and a Migrant Hawker . First day,