I had put the moth trap out
last night and there were 135 moth caught and identified with one new micro and
another seven new for the year. The new
moth was a tiny micro, Caloptilia stigmatella and there were fifty species in
total.
The following were recorded:
Caloptilia stigmatella [1]; Bird-cherry Ermine [1]; Diamond-beck Moth [2];
Brown House-moth [1]; Mompha ochraceella [1]; Dark Druit-tree Tortrix [2];
Red-barred Tortrix [3]; Cnephasia sp. [2]; Celypha striana [2]; Celypha lacunana
[1]; Bud Moth [1]; Chrysoteuchia culmella [36]; Crambus pascuella [3];
Catoptria falsella [1]; Eudonia lacustrata [1]; Garden Pebble [1]; Mother of
Pearl [1]; Golden Triangle [1]; Bee Moth [2]; Buff Arches [3]; Riband Wave [6];
Lime-speck Pug [1]; Wormwood Pug [1]; Brimstone Moth [1]; Early Thorn [2];
Swallow-tailed Moth [1]; Willow Beauty [1]; Elephant Hawkmoth [1]; White Satin
Moth [1]; Scarce Footman [1]; Common Footman [6]; Heart and Dart [4];
Shuttle-shaped Dart [1]; Flame [3]; Large Yellow Underwing [1]; Lesser Yellow
Underwing [1]; Cabbage Moth [1]; Dot Moth [2]; Bright-line Brown-eye [6]; Smoky
Wainscot [1]; Sycamore [1]; The Miller [1]; Dagger species [1]; Marbled Beauty
[8]; Dark Arches [6]; Light Arches [1]; Marbled Minor species [1]; Uncertain
[3]; Burnished Brass [1] and Snout [1].
Caloptilia stigmatella
Smoky Wainscot
The Miller
There had been a Lesser
Yellowlegs at Frampton Marsh yesterday and when news came through of it still
being there Dave and I decided to go and set off at about 10:45.
We arrived in the car park at
Frampton just after 12:30 having seen a Buzzard and a Cuckoo as we approached
the reserve. We could see a group of
birders on the sea bank to the south of the road and assumed they were watching
the bird. We walked down the road
towards the sea wall and on reaching the far car park saw Malcolm and
Richard. Malcolm had seen the Lesser
Yellowlegs and Wood Sandpiper early but they had been spooked and had flown
off. As we continued along the sea wall
it was obvious that it had not returned and when we reached the viewing point
the only wader we could find was a Redshank.
We had seen a Glossy Ibis and several Little Egrets as we walked along
the wall and there were also several Avocets, Black-tailed Godwits, and several
Redshanks and a Common Sandpiper. As we
walked back we scanned the area but saw nothing different and went just beyond
the road and sat down on one of the benches to scan where it had been
yesterday.
We spent quite some time scanning
the area and did find a couple of Ruff and a Spotted Redshank plus more Avocets
and Black-tailed Godwits. We were joined
by Graham, a birder I had met many years ago in Israel, and his friend. A Hobby then flew over causing some
disturbance and eventually it took prey from the ground, which we assumed might
have been a small chick of some kind. A
Little Ringed Plover and Ringed Plover then flew into the pool to the south of
the road and seventy-five Bar-tailed Godwits dropped onto the marsh. Eventually we decided to walk further along
the sea wall and complete the circuit back to the centre. As we walked around we stopped on a number of
occasions and scanned the area finding two summer Spotted Redshanks, circa
twenty-five Dunlin, another Little Ringed Plover and several more Ringed
Plovers. Two Curlew flew over and there
was a distant Marsh Harrier and we heard a Whimbrel and a Greenshank but were
unable to locate either of them. Just
before we reached the turn back to the centre Dave located a singing Corn
Bunting but there was very little else, except for a Ruff flying over the path.
When we reached the centre Ken
called to say that there were two Wood Sandpipers as Eyebrook Reservoir and so
Dave and I decided to take a look on route home. There had been no further reports of the
Lesser Yellowlegs whilst we were on site but needless to say it reappeared
during the early evening.
The Wood Sandpipers had been
seen from the corral at Eyebrook Reservoir and when we arrived, Mick and Phil
informed us that they were not on view and one at least had flown towards the
bridge. We went back round to the bridge
and found two waders just off the edge of the sedge island. I took a look through my scope and identified
that they were both Green Sandpipers.
Dave who had stayed on the bridge then joined Phil and I and questioned
my identification. I had been using my
travel scope but had my larger one was in the car and so I swapped then
over. One of the birds had moved into
the sedge but was still visible and was clearly a Green Sandpiper whilst the
other was still feeding. It appeared
rather dark but did at times appear to have a supercilium and there was also
some spotting on the back and its legs appeared to be yellowish. As I continued to look at the bird the breast
streaking also did not finish sharply as in Green Sandpiper and we gradually
realised it was indeed one of the two Wood Sandpipers. We couldn’t find the other bird, which
apparently was brighter than the individual we had been watching and I learnt
later that two others had questioned its identity. I suspect that both birds would be adults and
therefore likely to be quite worn, although this couldn’t be confirmed at the
distance we were looking. We also a
Little Ringed Plover and Dunlin and both Little Owl and Raven were heard.
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