Saturday, 21 June 2025

Carlton Marsh & Cudworth

On the wader scrape 46 LBB Gulls, 12 Herring Gulls and 1 LRP. A juvenile Kingfisher was feeding on the main scrape.

Insects included several Emperor Dragonflies and this year's' first Brown Hawker.

Butterflies included 8 Small Skipper, 27 Meadow Brown and 66 Ringlet. Also Cinnabar moth and a Cranefly on the hide door (Nephrotoma quadrifaria) our second record of it.

Newtown - Cudworth 
Last night was very warm and humid which provided some very nice moths and in good numbers. There were 15 yes 15 Elephant Hawk Moths in the trap, 5 Swallow-tailed, 6 Coronet, single Small Fan-foot, Scarce Silver Lines, The Sycamore, The Shark, Peppered Moth etc.
 Coronet
The Shark 
Cranefly (Nephrotoma quadrifaria)
 

 

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