Wintersett 16.06.20

14 - 20 degrees, hot and sunny with a light easterly breeze.
Anglers CP: Little Ringed Plover 1.    Black-headed Gull 2 migrant juveniles.
Haw Park Wood: Crossbill 35    Siskin 1.
Wintersett Res: Common Scoter 2m. Goldeneye 1f.  Grey Wagtail 1.  Sedge Warbler 1 juvenile west bank.
Overnight moth trapping produced: Orange Footman, Dark Sword-grass (a migrant),  Grey Arches,  Brown Rustic,  Beautiful Hook-tip,  Marbled White Spot, Eyed Hawk-moth and plenty of Elephant Hawk-moths.

       Orange Footman  Eilema sororcula  ACP    ASmith

Coleoptera: A Necrodes littoralis was in the moth trap this morning,  also known as the "shore sexton beetle," is a common silphid beetle that visits and breeds on large vertebrate cadavers.(Linnaeus, 1758).  This is only the 2nd record for the Wintersett Area! Thank you to Mike Denton for confirming it.

Necrodes littoralis   Anglers CP  ASmith