A Little Egret was on the wader scrape this morning. (K. Bannister)
This afternoon 5 Sand Martins were over the wader scrape and a single Lapwing was down with 3 Herring and 3 LBB Gulls. In that area from the watchpoint, Greenfinch and a juv Coal Tit and a Treecreeper further along was only the second this year. (Dave Smith)
Monk Bretton (near Ardagh Glassworks)
This morning an adult female Peregrine with prey was followed by a very vocal juvenile male heading towards the Ardagh factory. (Dave Smith)
Cudworth Common (with Les Corrall)
Notable birds today included Green Woodpecker, Garden Warbler, Coal Tit and at least 1 Willow Tit that sang and called from the usual territory.
It was a bit a windy and cloudy for large counts of butterflies, but here is what we counted. 108 Ringlet, 23 Small Skippers, 12 Small Tortoiseshells, 4 Comma, 13 Meadow Brown, 1 Peacock, 2 Small Heath, 1 Peacock and 2 Purple Hairstreaks, flying around the top of a couple of Oak trees.. As far as I know these are the first records of this insect at this site. Single Shaded Broaded Bar and Silver Y moths were also observed.
A pair of Oystercatchers were with their 2 well grown young on the Grimethorpe side with 3 Ringed Plovers.
Ferrymoor Flash
2 Sand Martins were hawking over the flash with 2 Swallows, the latter in short supply this summer. The Great Crested Grebe is still on the nest, the male close by and 2 adult LBB Gulls were resting up.
Woolley (yesterday 5/7/20)
15 species of butterfly included 12 Gatekeeper, 3 Red Admiral, 18 Small Tortoiseshell, 8 Comma, 7 Marbled White, 1f Brimstone and 17 Large White. (Chris Parkin)
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