This morning at 07.53hrs 98 Herring Gulls (mainly immatures) were on the wader scrape. By 08.30hrs, they had increased to 121. Elsewhere 5 Blackcaps, 2 Willow Warblers and 2 Yellowhammers were singing. (Keith Bannister/Dave Smith)
This afternoon 2 Redshanks, 77 Herring Gulls and 1 LBB Gull were on the wader scrape with the greylags and Canada Geese, as 3 House Martins shot through. Then a Swallow was hawking over the main scrape at 18.24hrs. (Dave Standish/CG)
Butterflies included 16 Orange-tips (1 female), 9 Commas, 3 Speckled Woods and a Peacock (Chris Parkin). A Holly Blue butterfly was seen at White Cross Road, Cudworth (Les Corrall). Chris Parkin also found a pristine Purple Thorn moth at Cudworth Bridges yesterday.
Orange-tip photographs by Dave Smith
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also a Brimstone this afternoon
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