New in today Reed Warbler (Jim Plant).
My walk produced 1 Lapwing (a very scarce bird up this valley so far this year), 170 Herring and 5 LBB Gulls, 1f Teal, 3 Mute Swans and 1 Swallow on the wader scrape.
On the marsh a new brood of 5 Canada Geese and one nest abandoned with at leat 3 eggs exposed. A Stock Dove was singing and a Great Spot Woodpecker was 'drumming'.
A male Brimstone was the pick of today's butterflies.
Cudworth Common
Les Corrall reported a pair of Ringed Plover still in the Symphony compound, a brood of 7 Gadwall on the flashes and about 15 Linnets. A Holly Blue was flying in his Cudworth garden.
Meanwhile Dave Smith trapped Early Moth, Lunar Marbled Brown and The Spectacle in his Carlton garden last night.
Storrs Mill to Ardsley Viaduct
Chris Parkin reports a phenominal turn around for Small Tortoiseshells after last year with 154 counted on this stretch. Also 2 Large Whites, 68 Peacocks, 64m Orange-tips and 6m Brimstones.
3 Grass Snakes (not alltogether) one of which startled him when he stumbled upon a nest of 10 Mallard eggs.
Other birds of interest Buzzard, Coal Tit, Green Woodpecker, 2 Grey Partridges and Kestrel.
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