Wednesday, 1 August 2018

Wintersett 01.08. 2018

 HAPPY YORKSHIRE DAY
17 - 22 degrees, 6/6 cloud this morning, 8/8 by mid afternoon,  and a south westerly wind.
Wintersett Res:  2 Lttle Egrets flew over south at 07.25hrs + 1 south over Haw Park at 09.45hrs. A Redshank was on the boathouse slipway. 
Anglers CP:  Arctic Tern 3    Snipe 1.   Common Tern 6.  Common Sandpiper 1.  Lesser Whitethroat 1.  Green Woodpecker 1 + 1 ringed by Archie at the ruin + 2 Walton Hall.   Tufted Duck 5 vs young.  An unringed juvenile Peregrine was hunting Black-headed Gulls at 15.05hrs - unsuccessfully!
125 Birds were ringed WRes.  Highlights were:  52 Swallow.  13 Blackcap.  1 Garden Warbler.  17 Reed Warbler .  3 Sedge Warbler .  7  Willow Warbler.  8 Whitethroat.   1 Lesser Whitethroat.  10 Chiffchaff.
Critter: A Grass Snake was seen at Walton Hall.

 Juvenile Peregrine (unringed)  ACP      CSwaine



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