Bits and bobs

A pleasant evening stroll along White Dyke this evening (25th) was brightened by the Small Copper pictured above sunning itself on a bramble. Also a sub-adult male Marsh Harrier on Horse-eye, pairs of both Shelduck and Redshank on Mappins', and a female Sparrowhawk on prey on Down level.
Sunday (23rd) had a good selection of waders on show with Greenshank, LRP, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Snipe, and a sp Dunlin all on Mappins. Elsewhere an early evening walk at Arlington on the 24th produced the goods with my first Osprey of the year (presumably the same bird as one seen earlier in the day that I was unaware of, this bird was missing a secondary) hunting over the res before drifting off north west. Also at the res was a Peregrine and a smattering of House and Sand Martins amongst the 100 or so Swallow.