Tuesday 27 May 2014

Ride A White Swan - T. Rex

After a spell of fairy productive Moth catching things have, over the past couple of days, taken a bit of a tumble. Not expecting a great deal by way of return this morning some time was spent looking around the farm on the way to the traps.
The recently cleared 'overspill' from the main
Parley Pond where apart from this newly bloomed
FOXGLOVE
there was a sight that I had never witnessed here before.
While EGYPTIAN GEESE are occasionally seen overflying
early this morning was the first time I had seen them
on the ground.
A timid bird at the best of times, my presence soon
put them to flight.
From the traps we recovered
BROWN SILVER-LINE*
SNOUT#
PALE TUSSOCK*
and
MARBLED MINOR#
before we continued our search across waterlogged fields where
MALLARD
seem to be making the most of the wet weather!
GUELDER ROSE
GOLDFINCH
shaking off last nights moisture.
Seems the
WOOD PIGEON
eggs have hatched along with some other special arrivals.
MUTE SWAN
parent birds lead
c8 CYGNETS
into the water for the first time.
On this inaugural voyage 2 of the youngsters decided to remain in
the comfort of the nest.
Sunshine on young MALLARD.
male TUFTED DUCK
one of the 2 original pairs has remained at the pond and continue
to display and probably prospect a nest site - still time yet!
Everything but the Moths seemed to be emerging today as the
COOT
eggs also hatched but so far only 2 chicks.
RABBIT
LESSER STITCHWORT
While back at the pond
what was considered a rather good find and the first I have seen on the property

RAGGED ROBIN
RIBBED PLANTAIN
and finally, taking a little longer to process, a Trio of Micros.
THISTLE ERMINE

PSEUDARGYROTOZA CONWAGANA
and if it were possible to get more of a mouthful
NEMATOPOGON SCHWARZIELLUS
one of the 'Longhorn' Moth with
antenna three times body-length.
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