I'm a King Bee - Slim Harpo

As that Blues Legend used to croon,
"Buzz a while - Sting a bit"
ABYSMAL

About the only word that comes close to giving an accurate account from the

Moth Traps!

However, with yesterday’s temperature peaking at +32°C and a steady+18°C 

things bode well for today’s catch?? We will see!

Rounderbouts and Swings we know but 61 individual macro moths to a

total of 24 Species in High Summer, well quite frankly never seen the likes of it before!

Best from each of the 2 locations

 WHITE-POINT
and

 LARGE EMERALD

now being caught in 3 and 4's.

Sticking with the theme there were a couple of other Insects in,
or close to the traps, with
Damage Limitation

 out of reach for this hapless

 RED ADMIRAL

 only to willing to spend what may have been its last moments on film!
There was also a far more pristine looking 

COMMA BUTTERFLY

caught inside the awning of next doors caravan but once calmed

posing and willingly showing the 'punctuation mark' that gives it the name!

Before heading north we did take time to capture this

 Unidentified
 SPIDER

teasing an equaly unknown 
'prey species'!
On the way to the Heath it was found that a number 
Dragon and Damselflies
had moved onto both ponds including

 AZURE DAMSELFLY

RED-EYED DAMSELFLY
a reminder that the

GREY HERON
is still lurking, within ear-shot of a Willow Warbler, with

 BROWN HAWKER

 FOUR-SPOTTED CHASER
and

KEELED SKIMMER
bringing up the rear guard.
Within the Solar Panel Compound bird life has been at a premium
so anything was better that nothing including a few

STARLING

occasionally fraternising with the local

MEADOW PIPITs

On the Heath just a single

 WHITETHROAT

 was reluctant to hang about as this 'blink and you'll miss it' clip shows

but other Warblers were on hand.

Nothing more exciting than a few each of

 CHIFFCHAFF

 between bouts of

rapidly ripening

WILLOW WARBLER

and

BLACKBERRIES

After perusing a full muster of the now 'local'

AIRBUS's

unusual as one or the other is usually buzzing to or from China,

even had we not been given a 'heads-up' the 

Best would surely have been saved until Last.

An E-mail from a gentleman I do not know, informed me that he had 

gained permission to site a

BEEHIVE

 here which for my money is most welcome. Having little or no knowledge of the practice

looks like a learning curve might be on the way

(a bit wobbly)

and there seemed to be only a few Insects but that will hopefully rectify itself from wild stock??

Also of note, my senior apprentice Chloe is also a practicing

APIARIST

we feel a meeting coming on!