Streamer (sic), Nothing but a Streamer - Supertramp

A nice little bonus before shutting shop last evening as during a nocturnal stroll
a 'large Bat' was noted circling the lawn, and while right outside of my comfort zone,
on size alone would like to think it was a Noctule??
Additionally, from the murk overhead came a short series of single calls of a

 GOLDEN PLOVER
(image from archive for illustration)
At daybreak, while the Moth Traps weren't exactly brimming over
there were a couple or 3 additions to the Year List in the shape of
the most elegant

STREAMER
what a cracking little thing and well worth the headline pun!

SILVER GROUND CARPET
and

 the very striking

CINNABAR
In the 'also ran' category there were

PINE BEAUTY
and just to prove we do Micros occasionally

TWENTY-PLUME MOTH
is one of barely a handful that we can do without reference to the
Field Guide.

Lots of
MAYFLY
now on the wing and this as a novelty

MAYFLY
carrying the very easy to remember passenger

 PSEUDOSWAMMERDAMIA COMBINELLA
(which did require a little help from my friend - thanks John)

 While this fairly large Spider was found under one of the traps

 TEGENARIA GIGANTEA 

Out in the field a couple of

BULLFINCH

were proving quite showy as we visited the Reptile Covers

to find a couple of

SMOOTH SNAKES
along with a colony or two of slightly more mobile creatures

BEETLES?

RED ANTS
and

BLACK ANTS

One of, and likely the most confiding, of the c5 surviving

MALLARD DUCKLINGS

from behind Eco, there were originally c9.

 Something that maybe on another day you might just pass by

but this 'pair' of 

COLLARED DOVE

were undertaking a good deal of 'billing and cooing' which was worth 

putting in that extra 10 minutes.

Collecting Nesting Material

it was an eye-opener to note just how discerning these birds are 

when deciding which twig to take back to the building site.

Followed by that defining moment of

COPULATION!

The pair of

SHELDUCK

continue to appear behind the

ECO Recycling Works from time to time

Female Preening

Male Feeding

Now for another novelty.

These are the Galls of the Sallow Clearwing Moth, collected for me to

nurture by my friend Dave Foot, and planted close to

Slight Return II.

As the story goes, the female lays her eggs on the stems, when hatched

the caterpillar burrows into the stem to pupate. When the adult emerges

it finds its freedom through the same hole. What a story and what a great

chance to see a completely new Moth, when they decide to arrive.

All was going well and a net was being organised to hold the adults for

inspection before being photographed then released.

However, that's when the GARDENERS arrived

and in their eagerness to get everything spick and span they decided to

Prune them - end of tale! and end of Post!

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