Wednesday 23 July 2014

Wintersett 23.07.14

Cloudy start, then up to 24°, very hot and sunny with a north easterly breeze.
Anglers CP: The usual 1st Summer Little Gull, a juvenile Black-necked Grebe, a drake Common Scoter were all in early doors. An adult Dunlin and 10 Common Sandpipers dropped in. Psycho, the adult Yellow-legged Gull came in with a Lesser Black-backed Gull.  A Common Gull flew over and  Teal 1.
Wintersett Res: Common Tern 1 adult and Oystercatcher 2. 
Botany Bay:  Kingfisher1. 
Moorhouse Lane Big Pond: Little Grebe 6 very small young (in 2 or 3 broods?)
Butterfly: A MARBLED WHITE flew north in front of the hide.
Odonata: 2 year firsts.   Broad-bodied Chaser 1 female (Golf Course pond) and Migrant Hawker (Disp. Pt.).
Moths caught last night included: Small Yellow Wave,  2 Dark Spinach,  Scarce Silver-lines, Slender Brindle,  Buff Footman,  Southern Wainscott,  Campion,  2 Double Lobed and Clay Triple-lines.

Small  Yellow-wave                          AS
Dark Spinach                               AS
Slender Brindle                                AS
      Campion                                   AS

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