Tuesday 14 March 2023

MOTH'ERs Little Helper - The Rolling Stones

 With the ambient temperature still hovering above the expected Zero there were 2 conclussion, that of

SPRING USHER
and
MARCH MOTH
to which we should add the word AGAIN while the conundrum of last weeks 'Micro Moth' being solved by our equally valued friend Bomber in Weymouth telling that it is a
TORTRICODES ALTERNELLE

which in English amounts to 

WINTER SHADE

Footnote, we may have repeated ourself with some of the above but that is one of the advantages of being a Senior Citizen!
This result also coming with his own contribution of this delightful little beast no bigger than a shirt button

DRAIN-FLY,  OWL MIDGE or MOTH-FLY
take your pick, but just look at those antenna while in addition to not having seen a Northern Thrush for a few days it seemed likely that they had migrated back north!
The later theory didn't last until noon
as both
REDWING
and
FIELDFARE
were noted from or within the Solar Panel Compound in decent numbers.
While the still vocal
CETTI'S WARBLER
remains on Pond-side the rest of the morning was spent on the Heath afording a nice sellection of
COMMON BUZZARD persued by CARRION CROW
An uncounted but decent number of
DARTFORD WARBLER
GREY SQUIRELL
a single
SKYLARK
c3
STOCK DOVE
BADGER PAW PRINTs

while from beneathe the 16 Reptile / Mammal Covers singles of both

SLOW WORM
and
ADDER
LESSER-SPOTTED WOODPECKER
not seeming to be 'drumming' yet, and finally a lone
STONECHAT