Saturday, 22 June 2019

Wintersett + Ringing 22.06.19

16 - 21 degrees, mostly sunny with a little scattered cloud and a light south easterly.
Wintersett Res: Goldeneye 1 female. .A Willow Tit was on the west bank.
Anglers CP:A male Lesser Whitethroat was on the east bank
Odonata: 2 male Red-eyed Damselfly  were the first on ACP + 1 male on Botany Bay.   Emperor 2 ACP + 9 MLPonds.   Four-spotted Chaser 1 ACP + 9 MLponds.  Broad-bodied Chaser 1 male  MLponds.  Azure Damselfly 10+ at MLBig Pond.
Lepidoptera: 5 Ringlet and 3 Small Heath  MLPonds.  A worn Painted Lady was on the railway path.  A Small Tortoiseshell east bank ACP.
Coleoptera: A Thick-legged Flower Beetle Oedemera nobilis  was seen at Big Pond
117 Birds were ringed this morning:  Highlights were - 28 Blackcap,  3 Garden Warbler,  2 Lesser Whitethroats,  2 Sedge Warblers,  2 Reed Warblers,  3 juvenile Cetti's Warbler,  9 Willow Warbler,  27 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper and 2 juvenile Willow Tit.

Juvenile  Cetti's Warbler ringed at Wintersett   CSwaine



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