Welney sightings - 18/08/2021
Sightings for Wednesday 18th August 2021
Highlights:
Cranes x30 (Lady Fen)
Spoonbill x4 (Lyle)
Wood sandpiper (Main obs)
Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Mallard
Wigeon
Teal
Coot
Moorhen
Grey heron
Great white egret
Little egret
Avocet
Black-tailed godwit
Ruff
Green sandpiper
Common sandpiper
Redshank
Greenshank
Lapwing
Reed warbler
Sedge warbler
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Reed bunting
Goldfinch
Starling
Marsh harrier
Moth trap findings:
Silver y
Straw dot
Burnished brass
Canary-shoulder thorn
Dog’s tooth
Ruby tiger
Mother of pearl
Blood-vein
Gold spot
Swallow prominent
Coxcomb prominent
Flame shoulder
Setaceous Hebrew character
Orange swift
Large yellow underwing
Frosted orange
Red underwing – on visitor centre wall
Common footman
Bright line brown eye
Spectacle
Bird-cherry ermine
Brown china-mark
Lesser yellow underwing
Angle shades
Common rustic
