Saturday, 23 June 2018

Carlton Marsh

10 Lesser Black-backed and 73 Herring Gulls were on the wader scrape this morning. 2 Kingfishers were chasing each other around the main scrape and a Cuckoo perched up singing. Cormorant, Buzzard, Kestrel, Peregrine and Sparrowhawk were on the wing.

3 Banded Demoiselle were flying over the dike and Ringlet and Meadow Brown were quartering the wild flowers.

Storrs Mill Wood
14 species of butterfly were seen today including a late male Orange-tip, 3 Red Admiral, 16 Small Tortoiseshell, 9 Comma and lots of Peacock larvae (Chris Parkin).  

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