Just Another Day? - Brian Eno

 The chink in the armour that came as a result of a dearth of Macro Moths arrived in the shape of a

 First for the Year

SMALL DUSTY WAVE

which held 'pole position' for no more than 30 seconds as next to be recovered was an Insect thought to be extinct across our green and pleasant land according to the book?

GYPSY MOTH
is also a 'migrant' which may have arrived from foreign shores

which may be contender for
Dorset Moth of the Year?
Otherwise,

HORNETs

have been gracing the lures for a while now as their close cousin's the humble

WASP

are starting to make their presence known while the potted and rather damaged

PAINTED LADY
looked on its last legs but flew off readily.

Within the
Solar Panel Compound

there was yet another most welcome 'migrant' visitor, a

WHINCHAT

which is a common enough migrant in its own right but by no means annual here!
Thought to be the 4th or 5th over a period of 10 years.
The day would have come to and end there and then had it not been for yet another daytime sighting of a

NIGHTJAR
as lightning struck twice on the way to flash up the traps as catching another

in the headlights looking every bit the juvenile!

Rosy - Don Partridge

 With overnight temperatures now just nudging double figures it was refreshing to find a 

'first for year'

NEGLECTED RUSTIC

among an otherwise predictable haul.

However, additionally there was a beast we have never encountered before
and which caused some conjecture a

TANNER BEATLE
which also goes under a number of other names as the

WASPs
continue to predominate.

Across a more than gloomy Solar Panel Compound we found what have become usual, juvenile
GREENFINCH
which have done remarkably well this year only out-flanked by Goldfinch.
Looking across the panels and beyond the

SHEEP
we had to move a little closer for a double-take

as there all alone

was a feeding

RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
absent from here for all to long - welcome back!

Not seen within before a healthy looking clump of
DWARF GORSE
while the

final encounter

was with

a small 'fall' of

of most welcome

WHEATEAR

May there be more Migrants heading our way soon!

Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward

 The first day of Autumn hoved above the horizon with a Whistle Stop Visit from our valued friend Dave Foot which brought with it the splash of beauty of this

 first for the year

FROSTED ORANGE
and ditto accompanied by a little mirth! 

Oh dear what can the matter be

2 OLD LADIES
locked in a lavatory, they were there from Monday to Saturday,

nobody knew they were there!

There were in fact c3 Old Lady Moths in the same trap with this drawing showing this large moth in its full glory, and with the luxury of outside toilets commited to the distant past these Insects find sheds or other out-buildings in which to 'aestivate' that is to say go into a collective torpor or shallow sleep after emerging.

Otherwise to herald the first day of Autumn there was another gathering of an estimated 1,000+

SWALLOWs
on the overhead cables while on the Heath there were free flying

ICHNEUMAN WASPs

a interesting find by way of a feather of a
JAY,
along with this tiny unidentified

no bigger than a couple of grains of rice
before falling among a small group of common and grounded migrant birds

starting with a lone

and rather frisky

WHINCHAT

followed by

c4

far more obliging

WHEATEAR
before retracing our steps by heading for the

RIVER STOUR
where both Reed and Sedge were heard but not seen.

Best on show there were

blooming

TANSY

a camera shy
Fox Cub

and waterside

REDSHANK
not to be confussed with

REDSHANK
which wasn't seen but a blink of the eye, flying, with prey

SPARROWHAWK
represented here by one from the archive!
We are hoping the trend will continue trroughout the Season.