Sunday, 12 July 2020

Wintersett + Ringing 12.07.20

13 - 17 degrees with 0/8 cloud and a very light westerly.
Anglers CP VisMig:  Going south: Sand Martin 57.  Swift 59.   
Anglers CP: A Snipe was on the shallows.  Psycho, the adult Yellow-legged Gull paid a visit.   Common Gull 1 adult.  Tufted Duck 8 very small young.   Mallard 1 small young.  Great Crested Grebe 5. One GCGrebe  laid an egg in it's nest in the SW corner, then went swimming, and within 5 minutes it had been predated by a Coot!  Oystercatcher 4.   Common Sandpiper 1.
37 Birds were ringed this morning. Highlights were - 16 Chiffchaff.  9 Willow Warblers.  4 Blackcap.  1 Whitethroat.  1 Lesser Whitethroat and 4 Tree Sparrows. 
Wintersett Res: Goldeneye 1 female.  Common Tern 6.
Lepidoptera: A Ringlet and a Large Skipper seen at  ACP.  A Gatekeeper was seen near Golf Course. 
Odonata:  Brown Hawker 9 ACP and  10 from ACP to Stubbs Wood.  2 Southern Hawkers were seen in Haw Park Wood. 
Reptile: A Grass Snake was seen in the area.  

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