Friday 2 July 2021

Danger Zone - Stone the Crows

 At dawn there was little, or no, need to venture far in persuit of Avian Action as it was all around us! Mostly of the Corvid kind to start with (Crows that is) all indicating just how successful the breeding season has been this year

ROOKs
mostly
but a seperate
character
in each and
every one
before a young
JACKDAW
put in an all to short appearance.
We eventually pulled ourself away and reached the
Moth Traps
whare again we got a result starting with a
somewhat ragged
EYED HAWK-MOTH
winning its Equity Card while followed by additions of the Beauty that is
BLOTCHED EMERALD
and a Beast of an Insect that is the
GOAT MOTH
maybe unusually taken at light.
There was little more on show in the field but on the way back we noted how well the
SPUDS
are doing with finally a lone
SWALLOW
performing a 'high wire' act while continuously 'gaping' which may go down as
multi-skilling?
Back at the homestead seemed like we had quite overlooed this
BURYING BEETLE
covered in paracites.