Carlton Marsh

On and around the wader scrape today Great White Egret (from 14.00hrs, it was on the main scrape this morning), Little Egret, Great Spot W.Pecker, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Stock Doves, 2 LBB Gulls, Mallard with 7 chicks and 2 Little Ringed Plovers at 16.15 hrs.

A Kingfisher was on the main scrape with 5 singing Reed Warblers and 2 Sedge Warblers and 2 family groups of Long-tailed Tits. Dog Violets are out now to add colour to the scene.

Jim Plant had a Garden Warbler and later a Curlew flying west this morning.

Swifts were seen over Beech Avenue (6) and The Grove, Cudworth (5) (G. Miller/J. Plant), but none at the reserve yet.
In a 3 hour stint in his Cudworth garden this afternoon Geoff miller saw 10+ Swifts, 5 House Martins, Swallow, Peregrine, Kestrel, and several Buzzards thermalling.  A Peregrine was also reported from Monk Bretton by Dave Smith.

Last nights moths in Dave Smith's Carlton garden, a very early Lime Hawk Moth, Knot Grass, and Pebble Prominent.

 Photos by Richard Laverack