Monday 28 March 2022

Carlton Marsh

This afternoon 2 Buzzards were in the air and 2 Collared Doves were in the car park (they are not common here). c40 Carrion Crows were feeding on tilled land nearby. (C. Parkin/K. Bannister)

Butterflies included 12 Peacock, 15 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Speckled Wood, 2 male Orange-tip, 2 Small White, 1 G.V. White and a Dark-edged Bee Fly (C. Parkin).

This evening 2 House Martins were feeding over the scrape before leaving north at 19.00hrs. Earlier a Green Woodpecker called, 11 Pied Wagtails came in, 2 Redshanks were on the wader scrape all day and 2 Snipe left the marsh at dusk. (Dave Standish)


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