Raining in My Heart - Buddy Holly

Appalling overnight weather heralded Tuesday, with heavy rain that barely stopped all night, while the only three things of any note during the day were continuing rain showers, the first noticeable Autumnal chill and a couple of items from the Moth Traps. To the casual observer the first 2 images may seem like the same species of Moth, but far from it as the first is

RED UNDERWING

and the other

CLIFDEN NONPAREIL
both of which were lifted from the same trap yesterday morning.
Closer inspection of the 'underwing' shows a sharply contrasting difference

in addition to which the

Red Underwing is a relatively common species

while the CN is described as a "very scarce migrant/wanderer and
probable rare resident".

Footage on release in unfavourable conditions.
This was our second capture this year and the third for the

Recording Area.
NO FURTHER FIELD OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE THAT DAY!
Wednesday (today) was a great deal more clement and arrived with
a couple of additions to the
Moth Year List.

 CYPRESS PUG
and

BROWN-SPOT PINION
others included

 WILLOW BEAUTY

PEARLY UNDERWING

COMMON WAINSCOT

 FLAME SHOULDER

SILVER Y
to name but a few with the picture looking far better up at the

IRRIGATION POND
where this

MUTE SWAN

was a new arrival.

Also there, but at great distance were
GREEN SANDPIPER
along with

GREY WAGTAIL

and occasionally a combination of the two,

but neither seemed to want to

get any closer.

'Scouting'
BLACK-HEADED GULLS

Along the main bridleway

this

STONECHAT
was overlooking the wayside

GORSE

covered in Spider Webs to which was clinging the morning dew.

STONECHAT
preening

A most unwelcome (now) resident Plant

HIMALAYAN BALSAM
but little else.

On no more than a whim,

a second visit was paid to the Irrigation Pond,

on our homeward journey, where the

GREEN SANDPIPER

was being just slightly more cooperative.

PIED WAGTAIL
BY AND LARGE ANOTHER VERY QUIET DAY!
It is gratifying to note that with the exception of what might be described as the 'uninhabited continent' (Antarctica), all the other 6 are represented on today's Stat Counter!

Entry	Pageviews
United Kingdom	386
United States	373
Germany	161
France	16
Canada	12
New Zealand	8
Argentina	6
Philippines	6
Kenya	5
Ukraine	5