What a Difference a Day Makes - Dinah Washington

It's beginning to look as if some thing or somebody (or a combination of both) doesn't want me to embark on Moth Trapping this year. It started in early March when refurbishing the gear for the coming season it was found that much of it had been vandalised, with one cable holder smashed to pieces and long sections of flex chopped from the run to a trap. This was followed by a particularly drafty period when three traps were blown away by the back end of Katie, maybe we should rephrase that by adding the word STORM, and destroying all the egg trays within. On Wednesday morning we awoke to find this none too pretty picture 

 GARDEN POND TRAP

synonymous with the none to common Balsam Carpet

JANET'S HORSE PADDOCK

THE 5th GOLF TEE

The Trap at that site and

the one at the Oak Wood.

Another pile destined for the

Egg Tray Graveyard.

The following day we plucked

 DOTTED BORDER

 and

 MARCH MOTH
from the traps, both being new for the year and a

 and a

TREE BEE

(not to be confused with our 'birding friend' Roger Treeby)
being the first recorded here.

Just 24 hours later the same areas

 looked like this

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES!

and the inbound migrants continue to trickle in with

SWALLOW

found on Friday and followed by a

WILLOW WARBLER

on Saturday.

 A scarce bird for here is the

TUFTED DUCK

 so these 2 pairs, making up only the 4th to 7th records at PCF,

 seen off and on over the weekend were a welcome sight.

 Again scarce here, there have been a couple more

 WHEATEAR
over the weekend.

 Wheatear Clips

 There are now

3

  LITTLE RINGED PLOVER

in the Solar Panel Compound.

MEADOW PIPIT

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