Saturday 11 July 2020

Carlton Marsh

On the wader scrape this morning 10 Greylags, 2 pairs of Tufted Duck with broods of 5 each very small young and 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
Elsewhere Coal Tit, Great Spot Woodpecker and 2 Siskin.  A pair of Dabchick, Kingfisher and a Tufted Duck with 14 very small young were on the main scrape.

Littleworth Park-Monk Bretton
1 Essex Skipper, 473 Meadow Brown, 143 Small Skipper, 120 Ringlet and Small Tortoiseshell caterpillers. A 6 spot Burnet moth was on the wing. (Chris Parkin)

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