SW to W fresh wind. Mainly overcast, but some sunny spells.
Ocean Edge foreshore and saltmarsh
Mediterranean gull 1 second calendar year out from the saltmarsh with
c140 Black-Headed gull
The only wader was a single Lapwing
Middleton Nature Reserve
I just checked the western side (MD)
Once again the day flying moths outnumbered the butterflies
Moths:
Burnet Companion 5
Cinnabar 2
Mother Shipton 1
Butterflies:
Speckled Wood 3
Small Tortoiseshell 1
Small Heath 1
Dragonflies
Not many over the only water bodies I checked, the small scrapes on the western marsh. Just Emperors patrolling.
But sheltering from the cool breeze were
Black-tailed skimmer 1 (female or immature male)
Southern Hawker 1 (immature male, I think) - first record of the year
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| Southern Hawker |
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| Common Whitethroat |
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| Common Darter - first record this year |
