Grasshopper Green - Trad Poem

An unavoidable drive to Weymouth did have a bright side

as we took the opportunity to visit the 

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

as well, to avail ourselves of the Second Edition of

 Talk about striking it lucky, as firstly the only 4 people

in attendance were those I was most pleased to see, in addition to which

only the 'second ever' in modern times

 PORTLAND MOTH

had just been plucked from one of the traps.

It might be thought that being on the Isle of Portland this Insect might

be common there, but the name relates to a former

Duchess of Portland

and not the place itself.

There were also, convieniently percher on the garden wall, a couple of

CONVOLULOUS HAWK-MOTHS

GIANTS that are always nice to see - we await one of our own!

Back at Parley Court Farm our own traps have produced a

First for the Year

 NEGLECTED RUSTIC

 The first of a 'second brood' of

DARK-BARRED TWIN-SPOT CARPET

 and undoubtedly the most interesting of all a

LONG-WINGED CONEHEAD

Later at the 

IRRIGATION POND

 now looking at its best, with water-levels perfect for Waders,

the only action (if indeed it could be called that)

 was the continued building of the now gigantic

COOT NEST
which now has a 'top-dressing'.

with the male and still thriving juvenile watching the missus doing all the work.

 A feeding

 CARRION CROW

and an already nervous looking

GREY HERON

 were spotted simultaneously at the Gravel Pit and took a bit of

stealthy manoeuvring to bring to the view-finder.

 Just on the point of leaving a flash of blue met the eye, but disappeared as 

quickly as it had arrived. However, we did offer up the camera and

loose off a single round and ask - "can you see it yet"?

 No, nor did we until getting it to the editting room where it could just be seen as a

KINGFISHER

'Birdwise' the Heath was a dead loss and more as just 'fillers'

we did capture just a 

 TREBLE-BAR (moth)

plus

MEADOW BROWN BUTTERFLY

 Fortune smiled a little more brightly when reaching the

Solar Panel Compound

and finding just a single

 WHEATEAR

which, maybe surprisingly, is an addition to the ongoing September List.

Same time, same place manana!

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