Wednesday 6 May 2020

Carlton Marsh

The Great White Egret was reported as being at Rabbit Ings last night at 21.00hrs (per Dave Standish)

This morning on the wader scrape 1 Little Ringed Plover and 1 Grey Wagtai. (K. Bannister)

This afternoon 180 Herring and 9 LBB Gulls, Little Egret, Lapwing, 3 pairs of Greylags with 11 goslings and a Canada Goose with 4 goslings.

A Grasshopper Warbler was reeling and a Water Rail was singing in the main marsh and 2 new Garden Warblers were singing from the western Meadow.

A Bee Fly was active near the second seat in the afternoon sunshine.

Littleworth Park - Monk Bretton
51 Dingy Skippers, 13 Small Heaths, 2 Small Coppers and 6 Mother Shipton moths. (Chris Parkin) 

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