Burning of the Midnight Lamp - Jimi Hendrix

Another brilliant day weather-wise and by consequence 'loads' of Insects in the Moth Trap. Had we not fixed the circuit and changed the lamp there would have been nothing at all, but as that was put right another disaster was about to manifest itself. So, let's address first things first and we'll get back to the hic-cup later. Of the many, many dozens pulled from the trap there were four new additions* to the Property List as we continued to 'trap' on the bank of the River Stour.

YELLOW BELLE*

GREEN CARPET*

A difficult creature to separate from a 'close relative' so for now
it will be labelled

TREBLE-BAR*
but maybe at a later date re-identified to
Lesser Treble-bar??

THE LYCHNIS*
were the additions while the others are published for their
good looks.

CANARY-SHOULDERED THORN

FEATHERED GOTHIC

OLD LADY
5 of the 9 caught overnight.

ROSY FOOTMAN

It's difficult not to take a shot of the odd aircraft using the
Bournemouth International Airport
So, back to yesterday and the second instalment of my
short but productive wander with the Secret Lemonade Drinker.

Many, many dozens of
GOLDFINCH
mostly juvenile birds.

Luckily my short visit to Portland on Tuesday produced such a wealth of interest (for me at least) and so that days report was split into two. Here is Part II but sadly to report it may be the last post for a couple of days. Disaster II kicked in early morning leaving me with 3 lap-tops not of which work and are likely never to again. A new one is on the cards, but until that time we'll be unable to produce a plausible post. Please do not desert us in the meantime as we will return!

WOODY NIGHTSHADE or BELLADONNA

MAGPIE
at which moment a SWIFT flew overhead.

Seemingly a freshly emerged
MIGRANT HAWKER DRAGONFLY

Looking to the North East the
Young Offenders Establishment.

DANDELION CLOCK
We met up again with the 2 young lads from Hertfordshire
who had found a small 'fall' of migrant and as Secret and I
have permission to enter some of the fields we were able to
get a little closer. * indicates a new species for the year.

REDSTART*

PIED FLYCATCHER*

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER

TREE PIPIT

WHINCHAT
and as our walk came to an end we were both successful in
the species we were looking for.

In the same horse paddock Secret found c5

YELLOW WAGTAIL

while I was happy to see

CLOUDED YELLOW BUTTERFLY

After a coffee and bacon sandwich, I made to leave Portland
but not before we saw a
JERSEY TIGER MOTH
in Secret's garden. Unfortunately there was simple no time to see
others but it is hoped that will be redressed in the very near future.
In the meantime we will continue to
Burn the Midnight Lamp.

Entry	Pageviews
United Kingdom	748
United States	313
Russia	87
Germany	34
Canada	21
France	19
Australia	17
Panama	15
Italy	10
Japan	6