The nearby fields to the east again provided 4 Whinchat, at least 6 Yellow Wagtails and 2 Wheatear.
On the reserve Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 50 Canada Geese and a belated sighting of a Great White Egret on the scrape yesterday. (JP/L A Corrall)
A Painted Lady was in Les Corrall's Cudworth garden.
Anglers CP Vis.Mig: @Fitzybirder 06.40 - 08.15hrs
Going south:
Sand Martin 3. Swallow 64. House Martin 14.
Meadow Pipit 25. Swift 2. (SD, PW).
Going West: Ringed Plover 1.
Botany Dell: Whitethroat 1.
Anglers CP: Common Sandpiper 2.
37 birds were ringed today:
Highlights were: 13 Willow Warbler. 10 Chiffchaff. 10 Blackcap.
Garden Warbler 1. Whitethroat 1. Lesser Whitethroat 1 and Goldcrest 1.
Anglers CP + Vis.Mig:
Vis.Mig: A Meadow Pipit flew south. A flock of 7 Grey Herons flew south west.
Reed Warbler 1. Little Grebe 2. Pochard 94.
A Nuthatch visited the feeding station.
Wintersett Village:
A Little Owl was calling.
Wintersett Res. Boathouse Reedbed:
A Cetti's Warbler was calling. A Swift flew over. Common Tern 1.
A Hobby, carrying a dragonfly, flew down over the Dam Wall, very close to where I was standing at the bottom. Wow!
Another good day on the fields, Stonechat, 4 Whinchats, 10 Yellow Wagtails, Wheatear, c100 Linnets, 20 Greenfinches and 30 Meadow pipits all grounded. (JP/L & A Corrall)
The top field east of the reserve provided 12 Meadow Pipit, 8 Yellow Wagtails, juv/female Whinchat, 1juv/female Wheatear, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Red-legged Partridge and a Hobby at 12.20hrs (JP/L & A Corrall).
In the afternoon 32 Teal, Little Egret, 24 Shoveler and Green Woodpecker (CG/R. Laverack).
A moth session with Dave Smith in the car park provided 2 Noctule and 3 Pipistrelle Bats at dusk over the scrape and Tawny Owl.
Before being rained off at 23.20hrs we caught 1 Black Rustic, 7 Centre Barred Sallow, 5 Dusky Sallow, 5 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2 Old Lady, 3 Small China Mark, 2 Vines Rustic, 1 Red Green Carpet and 1 Shuttled Shaped Dart.
Wintersett Res:
A Sedge Warbler was on the north bank.
A Whitethroat was in Botany Dell + 2 on west bank.
Little Grebe 13 + 2 ACP. 100 Linnets were over the north bank field.
4 Common Terns ( 2 adults + 2 juveniles). Pochard 4.
Shoveler 2 + 4 ACP. Goldeneye 4 females. Wigeon 4.
A Green Woodpecker flew over the west bank clump.
Steve Denny had a Ruff on the boathouse slipway this evening, but it flew off at 19.13 hrs.
Haw Park:
Hobby 2.
Anglers CP:
Common Sandpiper 2. Teal 5. Snipe 2.
Odonata:
ACP Pol Boardwalk Pond: 2 Willow Emeralds are new for this site!
Golf Course Pond:
Willow Emerald 2.
2 Emerald Damselfly were the first for many years! at the small Golf course pond!
Brown Hawker 1 over north bank WRes.
Common Blue Damselfly 1 over Botany Bay. Common Darter 1 male ACP.
Lepidoptera:
A Green-veined White was on the north bank WRes..
This morning 60+ Greenfinch, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Skylark, 6 Pied Wagtail and hundreds of gulls (mainly Black Headed) were feeding on a freshly ploughed field east of the reserve.
This afternoon 2 Water Rail called, and 38 Teal were on the wader scrape with a Little Egret (CG).
Wintersett Res:
Cetti's Warbler 1 male north bank + 1 male north east bank.
32 birds ringed @Wintersett1 before rain stopped play;
Highlights were 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Goldcrest, 7 Blackcap,
3 Reed Warbler and 2 Sedge Warbler.
Anglers CP:
Common Sandpiper 2. House Martin 65.
24 Chiffchaff were in the small bush at the bottom of hill!
2 Snipe were blogging around. Peregrine 1 juvenile.
Anglers CP Vis.Mig:
Wigeon 19 + 3 flew west. A calling Grey Plover flew south west at 09.20hrs.
A Little Egret flew north west at 09.58hrs.
Moth Trapping - Pete Smith
(https://twitter.com/PeteSmith1254)
A Potential Sallow Nycteoline trapped overnight @Wintersett1 on the Country Park, along with Clifden Nonpareil, Bordered Straw and Turnip. 
Bordered Straw Georgie W-S
Turnip Georgie W-S
This morning 10 Shoveler, 27 Teal, 5 Grey Heron, Snipe, Kingfisher, Little Egret, 2 Water Rail and a singing Cetti's Warbler (CG).
This afternoon c500 mixed gulls on the fields and 40 Linnet (JP).
Red Admiral was on Buddlea.
Anglers CP:
Pintail 1. 2 Swallows flew south.
35 birds were ringed this morning:
Chiffchaff 23. Willow Warbler 2. Blackcap 4. Reed Warbler 1.
Wintersett Res:
A Cetti's Warbler was in the boathouse reedbed.
Mediterranean Gull 1 x 1st Winter.
Lepidoptera MEGA:
A Clifden Nonpareil, Catocala fraxini, trapped overnight,
was a dream moth for Pete Smith. The first record for the Wintersett Area!
Clifden Nonpareil 1st Record for Wintersett 03.09.2022
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Clifden Nonpareil 1st Record for Wintersett 03.09.2022 Abby King
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Clifden Nonpareil 1st Record for Wintersett 03.09.2022 Pete Smith
Coleoptera:
Pete Smith also found a Nicrophorus investigator at Anglers CP.
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Gulls following the plough this morning included 70 LBB, 6 Herring, 1 Common and 1 juvenile Yellow-legged Gull (JP).
8 Shoveler and a Little Egret were also present (K. Bannister).
Green Woodpecker, 15 House Martins. Butterflies there included 3 Meadow Brown 12 Small Heath, 3 Brown Agus, 29 Common Blue and 3 Small Copper. (C. Parkin)
9 Blackcaps, 2 Chiffchaffs and 2 Reed Warblers were ringed this morning. Also around, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Water Rails and Little Egret. The two Whooper Swans are still with the Mute Swan on the scrape and seem fine.
Anglers CP Vis.Mig:
Going west: 5 Snipe.
Going south: 18 Swallow and 5 Sand Martin.
Anglers CP:
Ringed Plover 1.
Wintersett Res:
Little Grebe 6 + 1 adult on ACP.
First of all congratulations to the Wintersett Ringing Group on the ringing of a Barred Warbler on 27/8! With the hours and years you put in, it is well deserved.
These are the highlights of recent days; on Wednesday (24th) another Willow Emerald was seen in front of the hide on the leaf of Typha latifolia (D Smith/CG). Then on Friday another 2 were seen near the hide on nettles beside the dike ( L & A Corrall).
Meanwhile a Clouded Yellow butterfly flew past the observer, the first since September 2013 (JP). Also on that date a Goldcrest and 4 Swifts.
A Humming Bird Hawk Moth was feeding in Les Corrall's Low Cudworth garden on 26/8.
Today Sunday (28/8/22)
Little Egret.
Butterflies included 1 Painted Lady, 8 Red Admiral, 59 Speckled wood, 4 Meadow Brown, 4 Brown Argus, 5 Common Blue, 1 Small Copper, 8 Large White and 24 unidentified white species.
Yet another Willow Emerald was resting on the Western Meadow gate, our 5th record (C. Parkin).
Anglers CP:
28 Goosander, in one flock, flew east. 121 Swallow flew south.
Green Woodpecker 3.
Wintersett Res:
Linnet 80 on north bank. Yellow-legged Gull 1 adult. Goldeneye 4 females.
A Tree Pipit flew over.
Lepidoptera:
A Brown Argus was on the west bank WRes.
Insects:
6 Roesel's Bush Crickets, Roeseliana roeselii, were seen this morning, at two locations, thanks to Georgie W-S' hearing! Wintersett Res.west bank + Anglers CP.
Roesel's Bush Cricket Roeseliana roeselii, 28.08.2022 P.Smith
A Long-winged Conehead, Conocephalus fuscusas, was in the Willow Wood meadow + 3 were seen on the Pol at Anglers CP.
Long-winged Conehead, Conocephalus fuscusas 28.08.2022 PMeredith
Roesel's Bush Cricket Roeseliana roeselii, 28.08.2022 P.Meredith
A Common Green Grasshopper was also seen at Anglers CP this morning.
