Normal service resumes with an unremarkable period to report on over the last ten days or so, the highlight being two Spoonbills briefly at the Dams on 25th. Otherwise, 20 Common Scoter and 11 Curlew headed north at the Gap on 26th, and a count of orchid spikes on the Tip on 19th produced impressive totals of 1000+ Common Spotted, 150+ Pyramidal and seven Bee.
