Wintersett 06.09.15

8 -18°C with 3/8 cloud and a light westerly breeze.
 Anglers CP Vis Mig 07.30 - 10.00hrs: Going south - Swallow 106, Meadow Pipit 28,  Siskin 22 and a calling Greenshank flew south over at 09.25hrs. 
Anglers CP: Yellow-legged Gull  1 adult,  Common Sandpiper 1,  Sand Martin 4,  Mallard 102,  Pochard 65,  Teal 1 and Snipe 1.
Wintersett Res: A Ring-necked Parakeet went east over the NE bank at 08.00hrs, Yellow Wagtail 1S,  Whitethroat 1,  Willow Warbler 1 and Shoveler 3. 
Lepidoptera:   BROWN ARGUS (a lifer for me!),  Painted Lady,  Small Copper,  Small Heath,  Common Blue, Meadow Brown,  Green-veined White 3 and Small White were on Moorhouse Lane Pond.  Brian and Christine Lee had a Hummingbird Hawk-moth in their garden in Royston.
Odonata: Damsels: Common Blue,  Blue-tailed and Emerald  were on the Disposal Point
Dragons:   5♂ Southern Hawker (another lifer!) and  Brown Hawker, were on theDisposal Point.  Common Hawker, Common Darter and 15 Ruddy Darter were on Moorhouse Lane Pond

             Brown Argus         Moorhouse Lane Pond  ASmith

                Southern Hawker          Disposal Point     ASmith