Sunday 26 April 2020

Carlton Marsh

On and around the wader scrape today Great White Egret (from 14.00hrs, it was on the main scrape this morning), Little Egret, Great Spot W.Pecker, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Stock Doves, 2 LBB Gulls, Mallard with 7 chicks and 2 Little Ringed Plovers at 16.15 hrs.

A Kingfisher was on the main scrape with 5 singing Reed Warblers and 2 Sedge Warblers and 2 family groups of Long-tailed Tits. Dog Violets are out now to add colour to the scene.

Jim Plant had a Garden Warbler and later a Curlew flying west this morning.

Swifts were seen over Beech Avenue (6) and The Grove, Cudworth (5) (G. Miller/J. Plant), but none at the reserve yet.
In a 3 hour stint in his Cudworth garden this afternoon Geoff miller saw 10+ Swifts, 5 House Martins, Swallow, Peregrine, Kestrel, and several Buzzards thermalling.  A Peregrine was also reported from Monk Bretton by Dave Smith.

Last nights moths in Dave Smith's Carlton garden, a very early Lime Hawk Moth, Knot Grass, and Pebble Prominent.


 Photos by Richard Laverack

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