The Bagsy Blog: Lily the Pink

Friday, 10 June 2016

Lily the Pink - Scaffold

Overnight weather conditions are now starting to suit Insect Life as we continued last night to add a couple more Macro Moths to the Year List, starting with something that fits the 'scarce' category here,

and only our 'second' ever caught

OBSCURE WAINSCOT

along with the most pleasing

GOLD SPOT

Not quite so welcome, especially if they get upset a

HORNET
which is usual at this time of year.

At Parley Pond the

MUTE SWAN CYGNETS

are honing their preening skills.
Other miscellany from around the bazaars included

CREEPING BUTTERCUP
with
GERMANDER SPEEDWELL

unusually open to the public gaze the

NEST of a LINNET

several
SLOW WORMs

the lair of a

FUNNEL SPIDER
seen within

COMMON LIZARD

but maybe not quite as abundant as the name might suggest?
At least not here.

SMOOTH SNAKE

and believe this to be

WILD RADISH

HAWTHORN BLOSSOM
but the
Very Best Find of the Day
was left for our usual daily visit to the
Rubble Area behind the Eco Recycling Works.
Between 1 and 5 adult have been seen here sporadically over this season

but today we were met by far more vocals than in recent days.

Turns out the ADULT birds are in fact PARENT birds

with c2 youngsters

racing around all over the place!

While the nest, previously holding c4 eggs, in the
Solar Panel Compound
has most certainly 'failed' it is fantastic to note success has been found here
and kept under cover for so long. We estimate that these chicks are about 2 or 3 weeks old.
A quick look for Dragon or Damsel Flies at the
Parley Subsiduary Pond