Saturday, 11 April 2026

Carlton Marsh

2 Oystercatchers, 2 Little Grebes and 5 Teal were on the wader scrape this morning. 

A Tawny Owl sang from  a stand of Hawthorns mid-morning.

This evening 12 Swallows were feeding on the scrape just before a very heavy shower (S. Cox/M. Littlewood).

A Mink dived into the Western Meadow Pond for dead dead Rabbit which was chased by a Canada goose into nearby scrub. (Simon Cox).

The male of a pair of Mute Swans that spent a week here in February and again in March was wearing a red Darvic ring. Tony Devoy photographed the ring number Y686. 

Swan Rescue confirmed it was ringed as an adult male in August 2010 at Rossington, Doncaster.  

Photographs by Simon Cox) 

                                                    Carder Bee 
                                      Mink with Rabbit

Littleworth Park
A male Wheatear was the highlight of this visit (Chris Parkin).
 

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