Wintersett July 31st 2025

Wintersett  -  July 31st 2025 

Anglers CP:   

Goldfinch 60.  

Wintersett Res:

Goldeneye 2 females.    Common Tern 4.

Butterflies:

Painted Lady 1.   Holly Blue 2.

Carlton Marsh

Insects today included 2 Painted Lady, 13 Red Admiral, 10 Peacock, 8 Comma, 18 Speckled Wood, 102 Meadow Brown, 5 Ringlet, 72 Gatekeeper, 2 Small Heath, 8 Small Skipper, 5m 2f Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 3 Brown Argus, 3 Small Copper, 32 Large White, 63 White species, 1m Migrant Hawker, 3 Brown Hawker (C. Parkin)

                                       Brown Argus (C. Parkin)

                                          Red Admiral (C. Parkin)

Wintersett Sightings 28th July 2025.

Anglers CP: 

Red Kite 1.   Oystercatcher 1.

Butterflies:

Brown Argus 1.   Brimstone 1 male.

Wintersett Sightings July 27th 2025

Anglers CP:

Common Scoter - 65 flew high north west at 08.40hrs.

Wintersett Res:

200  Swallows left the roost at dawn. 

Carlton Marsh 25/7/25

A female Goosander was on the wader scrape during the morning (P. Rawson).

Kingfisher was present and 2 Purple Hairstreaks were flying in the top of an Oak Tree (CG).

Wintersett Bird sightings Thursday 25th July 2025

Anglers CP:

Oystercatcher 1.  Common Gull 1 x 1st Summer

Wintersett Res:

Redshank 1 on jetty.   Water Rail 1.   Goldeneye 2 females.

Common Tern 16.  

A brood of young Cetti's Warblers were by the boathouse.

4 Crossbill flew north at 11.50hrs. 

Woolley & Carlton Marsh

Woolley 23/7/25 

20 species of butterfly included 3 Painted Lady, 1 Wall Brown, 1 Small Blue, 5 Brown Argus, 45 Common Blue, 2 Holly Blue, 9 Small Heath, 273 Gatekeeper, and 31 Peacock.

In addition a Humming Bird Hawk Moth feeding on Teazel, 10 Pyrausta purpuralis and a female Banded Agrion (C. Parkin).

 

Carlton Marsh 24/7/25 

Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher and Treecreeper.

Also 20 Gatekeeper, 1 Common Blue, 2 Small Heath, 6 Meadow Brown and a male Southern Hawker (L & A Corrall/M.White/CG).

 

Kingfisher (Clive Mitchell)

Cudworth 

A Red Underwing in Les Corrall's garden on 21/7/25 was very early.  I haven't seen one since 2016! 

A Painted Lady visited his garden today 24/7/25.

Wintersett Bird and Insect Sightings July 19th 2025

Anglers CP: 

Little Egret 1 flew south.

2  Ring-necked Parakeets flew east at 09.40hrs. 

Pochard 4.   Oystercatcher 1.  Little Ringed Plover 1.

Mallard 23.   1 Crossbill  flew west.  11.15hrs    

Shoveler 2

Grey Wagtail 2.

Dragonflies:

Lesser Emperor 1 male.  

Emperor Dragonfly 5 males + 3 females.

Black-tailed Skimmer 5 males + 2 females.

Small Red-eyed Damselfly 4 males.

Butterflies:  Anglers CP:

Common Blue 1 male.   Small Copper 1.   Brown Argus 1.

Wintersett Res:

Common Tern 26.   

Dragonflies (WRes:)

Common Darter 3.    Small Red-eyed Damselfly 10.

Butterflies:

Holly Blue - 2 at boathouse bench.

Carlton Marsh & South Kirkby Industrial Park

 Carlton Marsh (photos by Clive Mitchell)

 

Juvenile Kingfisher

Green Veined White

Gatekeeper

 South Kirkby

Butterflies included single Painted Lady and Dingy Skipper, 13 Brown Argus, 38 Common Blue, 2 Holly Blue and 1 Southern Hawker dragonfly (C. Parkin). 

 

Edderthorpe Flash

Hobby (L & A Corrall) 

Carlton Marsh & Barrow Reclamation

Birds included Treecreeper, 9 Canada Geese, 6 Grey Heron, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Dabchick and 1 Oystercatcher.

Also single Six Spot Burnet Moth, Common Blue, Ruddy Darter and 2 Red Admiral (J. Finch/K. Bannister/CG).

Barrow butterflies

1 Painted Lady, 20 Red Admiral, 14 Peacock, 12 Comma, 354 Gatekeeper, 307 Meadow Brown and 2 Small Copper. Also  Four Banded Longhorn beetle.

Four Banded Longhorn (Leptura quadrifasciata) (C. Parkin)

Littleworth Park - Monk Bretton

Despite the drought, firestarters and off-road moor bikes 19 species of butterfly included 1 Dingy Skipper, 474 Meadow Brown, 469 Gatekeeper, 15 Small Heath, 5 Brown Argus, 31 Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 3 Small Copper (Chris Parkin).

                              Dingy Skipper (C. Parkin)

 

Wintersett Sightings 16th July 2025.

Wintersett Res:

A Little Egret flew over. 

Common Tern 16.   Kingfisher 1.   Grey Heron 4.   Goldeneye 1 female.  

Anglers CP: 

Common Sandpiper 2.   Oystercatcher 1.     Little Egret 1 flew south at 08.20hrs.

A Goldeneye female flew in at 12.00hrs,  then left south,

Grey Heron 2.   Ringed Plover 1 flew south at 11.15hrs.

Black-tailed Godwit - 2 flew east at 12.20 hrs.  

Swift 782 south + 50 present.   Sand Martin 180 south  + 30 present.

House Martin 90 south + 50 present.   Swallow 30 flew south.

Butterflies:

Brown Argus 1.   Painted Lady 1.  Small Copper 1.  Common Blue 1 male.

Moths:

Red-tipped Clearwing 1.   6  Belted Clearwing 1.   Lunar Hornet Moth 1

Dragonflies:

Red-veined Darter 2 males.

Carlton Marsh

 On the wader scrape 1 LRP, 3 Lapwings, 2 Oystercatchers, 1 drake Teal (K. Bannister/CG).

A Kingfisher was on the scrape with the Heron below.

                         Grey Heron with large fish (Harold Heath)

Wintersett 14th July 2025

 Anglers CP:

A Great White Egret flew north at 09.57hrs.

A Little Egret flew north  at 09.20hrs.

A Wood Sandpiper flew south calling, at 10.25hrs.

Gadwall 56.   Yellow Wagtail 1.

Wintersett Res:

A Redshank flew over. 

Cudworth Moths & Carlton Marsh

Newtown, Cudworth

Last nights moths included my first ever Privet Hawk Moth, Small Phoenix, Brown Line Bright Eye, 2 Dusky Sallow 6 Elephant Hawk Moths, 1 Poplar Hawk Moth and lots more.

 

Privet Hawk Moth (CG)

Carlton Marsh

3 Oystercatchers, 1 LRP, 1 Common Sandpiper (K. Bannister).

2 Kingfishers, 8 Emerald Damselflies ovipositing and 7 Emperor Dragonflies (CG).

Wintersett July 12th 2025.

Wintersett Res:

Hobby 1.     Pied Wagtail  - 15 left a roost at dawn.

Red Kite 1.

Anglers CP:

Common Tern 11.   Cormorant 2.  

Grey Heron 3.   Oystercatcher 1.

Dragonflies:

Lesser Emperor  2 males.

Red-veined Darter -  10 males  + 3 females.

Common Darter 1.

Banded Demoiselle 3.

Wintersett Sightings - July 11th 2025

Anglers CP: 

Oystercatcher 1.   Common Tern 3.   

Herring Gull 73.   Common Gull 1.

Odonata:

Red-veined Darter  5  males.

Lesser Emperor 1 male.

Anglers Retreat (Pub in village)

A Humming-bird Hawk-moth was visiting flowers

in the pub garden.

Carlton Marsh/Low Cudworth/Storrs Mill

Carlton Marsh

Kingfisher and  2 juvenile Great Spotted Woodpeckers. 5 Oystercatchers on the wader scrape at 06.49hrs (K. Bannister) was a new maximum count, beating the previous record of 4 in May 1987. Also several Gatekeepers and a Holly Blue (CG)

 

Low Cudworth

A Humming Bird Hawk Moth was feeding on Valerian in Dave Standish's garden this morning.

Storrs Mill to Ardsley Viaduct

3 Grey Wagtail, 12 Greylag, and 2 Grey Partridge.

 

19 species of butterfly included 12 Red Admiral, 97 Peacock, 37 Comma, 92 Speckled Wood, 7 Purple Hairstreak, 2 Brown Argus, 2 Common Blue, 2 Holly Blue, 3 Small Copper and 1m Brimstone. 

Also yet another Humming Bird Hawk Moth feeding on Valerian,, c50 Banded Agrion, and a Grass Snake for good measure (Chris Parkin). 

 

Purple Hairstreak (C. Parkin)

 

Wintersett Sightings July 10th 2025

 Anglers CP:

Oystercatcher 1.   

Wintersett Res:

Red Kite 1.   Goldeneye 1 female.

Wintersett Sightings 09.07.2025

Anglers CP:

Little Egret 1.   Little Ringed Plover 1 adult.   Oystercatcher 1.

Common Tern 5.   Yellow Wagtail 1 juvenile.

Wintersett Res: 

A Bittern flew from south west corner and dropped into 

south east corner Reed Bed at 10.57hrs.  It then flew to

west bank marsh at  11.05hrs.  

Carlton Marsh update 7th July 2025

2 Oystercatchers were on the wader scrape.

3 Purple Hairstreaks were the first this year. 1 Painted Lady, 15 Red Admiral, 12 Peacock, 31 Comma, 26 Speckled Wood, 195 Meadow Brown, 117 Ringlet, 107 Gatekeeper, 3 Large Skipper, 36 Small Skipper, 5 Common Blue, 3 Small Copper, and 72 Large White.

Also of note 1m Ruddy Darter, 1 Pied Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri) (Chris Parkin).

Carlton Marsh 8th July 2025

2 Oystercatchers were on the wader scrape again (R. Laverack).

 

Littleworth Park - Monk Bretton 

1,406 butterflies of 18 species included 509 Meadow Brown, 162 Ringlet, 423 Gatekeeper, 2 Holly Blue, 10 Common Blue, 4 Small Copper, 1 Small Heath and 1m Brimstone (Chris Parkin).

Wintersett Bird Sightings 7th July 2025

Anglers CP: 

Red Kite 1 over north bank field.

Common Sandpiper 1.   Oystercatcher 5.

Sand Martin 200.  Swift 80

Insects/Butterflies:

Painted Lady 1.  Brimstone 1 male.

Red-veined Darter 5 males.

Odonata:

Black-tailed Skimmer 2.   Emperor 2.

Brown Hawker 3.   

Wintersett Res:

Common Tern 16.   Sand Martin 50.

Woolley/Cudworth & Carlton Marsh

Woolley 4th July

17 species of butterfly included 230 Gatekeepers, 12 Marbled Whites, 1 Small Blue and 9 Common Blues (C. Parkin).

 

Low Cudworth 

A Humming Bird Hawk Moth was feeding on Valerian in Les Corrall's garden on 3rd July.

 

4 Peregrine Falcons were flying over Firth Avenue at 09.26hrs on 5th July (D. Standish). They are almost certainly the breeding pair from Ardagh Glassworks with their 2 offspring.

 

Carlton Marsh

A Barn Owl has been hunting regularly in the evenings. This one appears to be ringed.

 

Barn Owl with a Shrew 30/6/25 (Harold Heath)

 

A pair of Teal and 13 Herring Gull were present on 5th July (K. Bannister).

2 LRP's and an Oystercatcher were on the wader scrape on 6th July (D. Standish).

 

Today 7th July  

Single Oystercatcher and LRP were on the wader scrape. 

A Curlew called as it flew over at c11.30hrs, a Sand Martin flashed through, and a Goldcrest sang in the car park. An adult male Kestrel, grounded, appeared to be unwell  (L & A Corrall).

Earlier a  Common Tern came in to feed at 09.26hrs and left east at 09.40hrs (CG).

5 Gatekeepers and a Comma were amongst the many Ringlets flying. 

Wintersett Bird Sightings 6th July 2025

Anglers CP:

Little Ringed Plover 1 adult.

Oystercatcher 2.

Common Tern 6.

Jackdaw 2 adults + 1 juvenile.

Wintersett Res:

Great Crested Grebe  21.

Butterflies:

Holly Blue 1 on west bank.

+ 1 Red Admiral on west bank.

Wintersett Bird Sightings 05.07.2025

Anglers Country Park:

Greenshank 1 over.   Little Ringed Plover 1.

Oystercatcher 1.   Lapwing 48.

Gadwall 4 small young + 3 small young.

A Little Egret flew south,

Red Kite 1 over. 

Wintersett Res:

Common Tern 10.   

Haw Park Wood:

Siskin 1.

Cudworth Moths 30/6 - 1/7/25

The very hot humid air conditions were ideal for trapping moths last night. Here are the highlights from my Newtown garden; Grey Arches, Swallow Prominent, Burnished Brass, The Miller, Green Silver Lines, Poplar Grey, Scarce Footman, Turnip Moth, Vapourer and 16 Elephant Hawk Moths.

                                                Poplar Grey

                                                 Vapourer Moth

                                                 The Miller

          Chris Parkin's Barnsley Road, Cudworth Garden

                                                   Muslin Moth