Saturday 25 May 2024

Littleworth Park - Monk Bretton & Carlton Marsh

Littleworth Park

Insects on this interesting site included 24 Small Heath, 20 Dingy Skipper and 7 Common Blue butterflies.

Moths on show, 13 Burnet Companion, 9 Yellow Shell, 24 Mother Shipton and 1 Straw Dot.

Also of note 1 Squash Shield Bug and 2 Broad-bodied Chasers.

27 Bee Orchids are in bloom (Chris Parkin).

Carlton Marsh

This evening 6 House Martins, 3 Swallows and 3 Swifts were feeding over the wader scrape and a drake Teal was feeding on it.

An Orange-tip butterfly was seen during the morning (CG).

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