Welney sightings - 11/08/2021

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

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