Blue Moon - The Marcels

Our computer issues are by no means resolved, but there is at least an opportunity to use a machine elsewhere. It isn't my idea of fun lugging all that gear back and forth but when you have an appreciative audience in waiting the thirst must be slaked. Not exactly sure of the Gibbous at present, maybe waxing, but will be content to call yesterday's rise a

 FULL MOON

There are still a great number of images in the backlog, generated the lack of Internet,

which we hope to catch up with in the days to come, but with a dawn temperature here

hovering at a balmy +19C hopes were high for a bountiful haul from the Moth Traps.

 SWALLOWTAIL

 SMALL BLOOD-VEIN

 LEAST YELLOW UNDERWING

 and

DUSKY SALLOW

came into the mix.

In our continuing efforts to be able to recognise at least some

of the Micro Moths we took a stab at

HYPSOPYGIA GLAUCINALIS

and the far more distinctive

 LOZOTAENIODES FORMOSANA

but the most satisfying capture of them all came when this male

 BANDED DEMOISELLE

was plucked from the depths and in its relatively

 docile state was happy to perch on my figure.

At this time of year we record these on a daily basis, by what a privilege

to have one 'in the hand'!

A regular part of our daily doings is also to check the

MUTE SWAN FAMILY

on Parley Pond and to bring you an update image of their progress.

As can be seen there ate still c7.

 and talking of water levels, that at the Irrigation Pond has seen

something of a dramatic fall. Even though a bowser load is taken from here each day,

to quell the dust clouds at the Eco Recycling Works, there is much disappeared

au natural. This has the benefit of exposing the 'scraped' banks which is

hoped to attract more Waders than just

 LAPWING

but we'll settle for that in the meantime.

Onward to the Heath and the juvenile

 STONECHAT

 with some now having developed so much that it is possible to sex them

this a Male.

Before leaving and heading back to the tedium of photo editing, list compiling etc,

 there was to be a welcome surprise at the presence of the 'first'

 LITTE EGRET

 at the

 Balancing Pond

alongside Bournemouth International Airport

and we still predict much more to come from this location.

It was my approach which 'flushed' it in the first place,

but after a circuit of the hangers and hard-standings

it appeared content to return from whence it came!

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