Saturday 18 June 2022

Wintersett + Ringing + Insects 18.06.2022

 Anglers CP:

Common Scoter 2 males.   Common Sandpiper 1. 

16 birds were ringed this morning.

Highlights were:  

2 Cetti's Warbler (male and female), 1 Whitethroat,  3 Willow Warbler,  2 Tree Sparrows. 

Highly worrying

Only caught two warbler juveniles!! - (1 Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler) 

Odonata:

Emperor 2 males.  Black-tailed Skimmer 1 male. 

Lepidoptera

Red Admiral 1.   Silver Y 1.  Small Heath 1.  Ringlet 4.  

Coleoptera: 

Rutpela maculata  2 Anglers CP back path.

1 comment:

Lynz Harston said...

Had a week on Mull 2 weeks ago, strangely quiet compared to previous years