Thursday 15 August 2019

Carlton Marsh

It was pretty quiet today, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 adult a juv Buzzard, 6 L. Grebe (4juvs), 2 Teal and 5 Grenfinch.

Butterflies on the wing Painted Lady 3, Gatekeeper 4, and Peacock 10+.
Ruddy Darter and Common Darter, Emerald Damsel and Brown Hawker were also noted.

For anyone who didn't see Rob Creek's Tweet the other day, here are the details he sent of LBB Gull H9P5 he saw at Carlton Glass Recycling Plant on Sunday 11th August.
It was ringed as a juv. Herring Gull at Helgoland on 2/7/11 and seen subsequently at Colemnar Viejo, Madrid on 10/12/12, 28/2/15 and 17/2/16 and at a fishing port in Malaga on 10/11/12, 5/1/14, 19/2/15 and 11/2/18.
In between times it was seen in Northern France at Nord Blaringham on 5/7/12 and the Vendee Marai on 3/3/13.
It obviously prefers to winter in the Malaga area of Spain.


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