Sunday 22 April 2018

Wintersett 22.04.18

11 - 16 degrees with sun and scattered cloud and a south westerly breeze.
Wintersett Res: 6 male Reed Warblers  - 1 boathouse reeds,  2 west bank marsh, 2 north bank + 1 ACP.    Cetti's Warblers -  1 m ruin,   1 m west bank,  1m+1 f east bank.  Common Tern  2  Grasshopper Warbler 1 m +  Lesser Whitethroat + 1m  and Sedge Warbler 2m   west bank clump/marsh. A Cuckoo flew over north at  08.50hrs.. 2 Swifts were seen over east bank.
Anglers CP: Common Sandpiper 1 + 1 WRes..  Snipe 1. Lesser Whitethroat 1 north bank.  A  Woodcock flew through at 15.45hrs.  Shoveler 1 m.  Goldeneye 3.  Psycho, the adult Yellow-legged Gull came in and took the Mallard egg from the new raft. 2 Common Tern flew north this afternoon.
Lepidoptera: The first Orange Tip flew over WRes dam wall.


Female Blackcap     Anglers CP        LHarston.


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