Wintersett + Vis.Mig. + Moths 18.08.20

15 - 20 degrees, dull and rainy start with 8/8 cloud and a westerly breeze.  Dry towards midday with sunny spells  and a light westerly.
Anglers CP + Vis.Mig: A Little Egret flew south.  A Greenshank dropped in the shallows at 12.05hrs.  Swift 23 south.  Lapwing 240.   Teal 2.  Shoveler 4.
Overnight moth trapping produced: A Small Mottled Willow which is a southern European migrant,  is the 4th record for Wintersett.  An Oak Nycteoline, a Crescent and 2 Angle-striped Sallow were the supporting cast.  A beetle Nicrophorus humator was also caught overnight.

Small Mottled Willow  4th record for Wintersett  PSmith 17.08.20

Nicrophorus humator   Anglers CP  ASmith 18.08.20