I put the moth trap out last
night and Roger and I examined the contents before making our way to Rutland
Water. There were thirty-nine moths in
the trap made up of twenty-five species.
There were new species but nine were new for the year and the following
were trapped: Diamond-back Moth [1]; Phtheochroa rugosana [1]; Light Brown
Apple Moth [4]; Pseudargrotoza conwagana [2]; Epinotia bilunana [1]; Crambus
pascuella [1]; Small Magpie [3]; Mottled Pug [2]; Common Pug [1]; Brimstone
Moth [2]; Scalloped Hazel [2]; Peppered Moth [1]; Willow Beauty [1]; Buff
Ermine [2]; Heart and Dart [5]; Shuttle-shaped Dart [1]; Small Square Spot [2];
Angle Shades [2]; Rustic Shoulder-knot [4] and Vine’s Rustic [1].
A Sparrowhawk also made a
brief visit to neighbours garden.
Common Pug
Small Square Spot
Angle Shades
Having emptied the moth box
and identified the contents we headed off for Rutland Water at about 09:20.
A Buzzard over the road as we
were leaving Great Glen was the only bird of note before reaching Rutland
Water. We went straight to the north arm
at Rutland Water but there was no sign of the Glossy Ibis or yesterday’s Arctic
Terns. A couple of Buzzards were
observed over Burley Wood and two Ravens were observed in a conifer. As we were looking unsuccessfully for Spotted
Flycatcher near Tim’s cottage a Hobby flew over.
When we arrived at the Egleton
Reserve we decided walk to snipe hide on the wet meadow where we saw a pair of
Redshank with three quite tiny chicks.
There were also three Avocets, two sitting on scrapes and another Hobby
drifted slowly over the flash before heading off towards Brown’s Island. Having exhausted snipe hide we went to the 360° and found a pair of Avocets with a single
chick, two Ringed Plovers and four Little Egrets. As we were walking back to the car park we
met Ken who then returned with us for lunch.
After lunch we set off for
lagoon four and went straight to plover hide.
We soon found a Dunlin and three Ringed Plovers and shortly afterwards
Roger saw another group of waders drop close by, they were six Ringed Plovers
and three Sanderling. We also had our
third Hobby sighting of the day over the western end of Burley Wood and there
were another nine Little Egrets scattered over the lagoon.
From shoveler hide on lagoon
three I had brief views of the illusive Cetti’s Warbler and there were circa
twenty Common Terns feeding over the water.
Two Reed Warblers and a Reed Bunting provided nice photo opportunities
just to the north of the hide.
Reed Warbler
Reed Warbler
Reed Warbler
Reed Warbler
Reed Warbler
Reed Bunting
Common Tern over lagoon three
Mallard duckling on lagoon three
On returning to the centre it
was packed and so we continued on to mallard hide where we found a third-year
Yellow-legged Gull and a single Wigeon.
We eventually called it a day and headed back to the car park and then
home. The sun eventually came out on
route home and it became a very pleasant evening and probably another good
night for the moth trap.
Third-year Yellow-legged Gull
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