Wintersett Variety Show 31.07.16

Up to 18 degrees with sun and scattered cloud with a cooling westerly breeze.
We've had the best day here for a long time with most of the area covered between early morning  and dusk.
Anglers CP: Opening the show - COMMON SCOTER  1,  Common Sandpiper 2,  Pochard 6,  Greylag x Canada Hybrids 6 and Grey Wagtail 1.
Walking from ACP up to Disposal Point, Moorhouse Lane Ponds, Botany back to WRes. we were entertained by:
Lepidoptera: . Brimstone 1 ACP,  Small Skipper 1 MLPond,  Ringlet 1 Disp. Pt,  Painted Lady 1 WRes
Odonata:   An Emerald Damselfly  m + f  and  a  Ruddy Darter m  on the Disposal Point  and an Azure Damselfly m on Big Pond,   were all new for the year.  Emperor 1 WRes. + 1 MLBigPond
Moorhouse Lane Pond:  Little Grebe  4 small young + 2 large young.   Great Crested Grebe 2 Fledged and  1 small young (2nd brood)
Wintersett Res:  Just before the lunchtime interval  A BITTERN flew low into the boathouse reeds at 12.15hrs. (probably a juvenile because it was pale and not in wing moult).  Also Common Tern 11 + 2 ACP and Tufted Duck  6 M/L young + 1f and 1 small young MLP.
The second half of the show opened  on  Cold Hiendley Res: .  A female GOLDENEYE (possibly the bird that returned early last year)  and 2 GARGANEY were found.  6 Grey Wagtail were on the spillway
The Grand Finale  this evening  was a cracking juvenile ARCTIC  TERN  performing over CHRes this evening with Garganey and Goldeneye still present.  

Juvenile Arctic Tern   CHRes.     PMeredith

Juvenile  Arctic Tern     CHRes    PMeredith