Monday 19 June 2017

Monday

 
 
Middleton early am
General
4 Spotted chaser - minimum 10 (all checked were standard type)
Emperor - 1 male each, no swimming pond and new small scrapes. female type central marsh
Broad Bodied Chaser - 3 male on small scrapes
Common Darter - minimum 1 possibly 2
 
2 Cetti's singing
1 Grasshopper warbler reeling central marsh. First I've heard for a while, there are actual grasshoppers chirruping now, but this was definitely a warbler.
 
1 stoat
 
Later in am
5-6 male RV Darter plus a pair in cop then perhaps the same female on its own
 
Nice pic from John Wright later in afternoon:
 

Sunday

A four spotted chaser without the central spots was photographed by Malcolm and there was also a wandering RV Darter on the track between the fence and no swimming ponds