Welney sightings - 11/08/2021
Sightings for Wednesday 11th August 2021
Highlights:
Spoonbill (Lyle)
Great white egret
Yellow wagtail
Crane x6 (Lady Fen)
Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Shoveler
Mallard
Gadwall
Wigeon
Teal
Coot
Moorhen
Grey heron
Little egret
Avocet
Black-tailed godwit
Ruff
Green sandpiper
Common sandpiper
Wood sandpiper
Redshank
Lapwing
Reed warbler
Sedge warbler
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Reed bunting
Goldfinch
Starling
Marsh harrier
Buzzard
Moth trap findings:
Poplar hawkmoth
Burnished brass
Silver y
Straw dot
Setaceous Hebrew character
Ruby tiger
Mother of pearl
Bloodvein
Rosy rustic
Common rustic
Common footman
Spectacle
Flame shoulder
Swallow prominent
Pale prominent
Gold spot
Large yellow underwing
Canary-shoulder thorn
Dog’s tooth
Bird-cherry ermine
Large emerald
Sallow kitten
Shuttle-shaped dart
Lesser yellow underwing
Lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing
Dark arches
Angle shades
Marbled minor
Webb’s waistcoat
Fen waistcoat
Marbled minor