Carlton Marsh

This morning a male Grey Wagtail, the usual Herring and LBB Gulls with plenty of hirundines moving through. (K. Bannister/J. Plant)

This afternoon a Cuckoo was singing, Great Spotted Woodpecker was calling and 2 Little Ringed Plovers arrived on the wader scrape at 16.25hrs. 

A few minutes later the Great White Egret flew over north at 16.33hrs. It alighted on the main scrape and was still there preening on the island at 16.45hrs. I see from John Seevior, it was at Old Moor after leaving here last evening. I wish it would have brought the 3 Spoonbills back with it.

Cudworth Common-butterflies

23 Small Heath, 7 Common Blue, 6 Dingy Skipper, 1 Brown Argus and a Six Spot Burnet Moth. A  family of Mistle Thrushes and a Redshank were present. (Les Corrall)

Barrow Reclamation

Cuckoo singing, Buzzard, Bullfinch pair.

Insects included 157 Small Heath, 6 Burnet Companion, 12 Mother Shipton and 1 Four Spot Chaser. (Chris Parkin) 

Newtown, Cudworth

A male and female Red-legged Partridge were in my garden, the male singing.

Moths trapped last night included Pale Prominent, Pale Tussock, Common Marbled Carpet, Small Elephant and Poplar Hawk, Common Swift, Shuttle Shaped Dart, Lime Speck Pug and Brown Silver Line.

Pale Prominent

 

 Small Elephant Hawk Moth

 

Pale Tussock