The Big Butterfly Count is now running from 16th July to the 8th August
Middleton Lakes
Garganey, Wigeon, Great Egret, 2x Ringed Plover, 2x LRP, Snipe Green Sandpiper, Green Woodpeckers, (MSm)
Tittesworth Water
Dunlin, 14x LRP, 3x Common Sandpiper, 56x Lapwing, Little Egret, 2x Redstart, Mandarin, (JOa)
Gnosall
Hobby over Shelmore Barns, (RPl)
Branston GPs
12x Curlew, Dunlin, 2x Ringed Plover, LRP, 2x Common Sandpiper, 94x Lapwing, 7x Water Rail, 6x Little Egret, 34x Pochard, 6x Mandarin, 36x Little Grebe, 6x Common Tern, YL Gull, Peregrine, 2x Green Woodpecker, - 5x Brown Argus, 6 -spot Burnet, (JWo)
Holden Lane Pools
Silver Washed Fritillary, (SHi)
By Sylvia Hill
