The Shepherd and Sally - The Savage Rose

Now there' a blast from a

Very Distant Past

but a fabulous band for all that! 

You 'never catch them all' and would you be satisfied if you did? but here are a couple of examples of how similar some of these Insects can be. With well over 2 thousand Species in Great Britain alone it's probably understandable why we stay, in the most part, well away from the Micro Moths.

SATIN WAVE

TREBLE BROWN-SPOT

RIBAND WAVE

COMMON WHITE WAVE
and just for contrast

SPRUCE CARPET
sharply contrasting.
Touching briefly on the Micros once again there were
c2 distinctly identifiable ones in the Traps including the 'ordinaire'

HYPSOPYGIA GLAUCINALIS 
and the far more 'bizarre'

AGDISTIS BENNETII
 The 'Y Stance' of the wings of this creature 'at perch' sets it aside from all others in the

Micro Moth Field Guide.

 It also has the vernacular name of

SALTMARSH PLUME

which usually favours more Coastal Wetlands, but there is always

an exception to the rule, we are some miles from the coast here at

Parley Court Farm. 

 The this little belter obligingly crawlled into a specimen pot

 BLACK-HEADED CARDINAL BEETLE

 On Parley Pond meanwhile a female MALLARD was guarding her charges,

 after which we made our way to the Common to find the Shepherd 

in something of a predicament.

 Having now taken over fully from his predicesor Alex, Jack up until now

had not given me his telephone number! 

This Ewe along with c3 Lambs have been at large for the last week

but with no contact detail there was no one to report the shortfall to.

The youngsters had taken no catching at all, but Mum was quite a different matter.

Not only more lively, and seemingly a lot more stupid, she had found herself on

the wrong side of a deep ditch which Jack had to negotiate, on the return route,

clinging on to the Sheep. Being every bit of 6 feet 8 inches tall he is a 'natural'

in such recoveries!

With nothing of note at the Irrigation Pond it was a quick hop round to the

Gravel Pit

where upon stopping at the most advantageous spot for viewing the

Watercourse this

 GREEN SANDPIPER

 landed directly in front of the

Strange Rover

 albeit at a bit of a distance,

 while close by this

BLACK-HEADED GULL

had found a comfortable spot atop of the 'Mountain'!

It was simply one of those days when anything else of interest
just didn't turn up. except maybe for a brief encounter with this

MISTLE THRUSH
and then with my noted lightening-fast reactions managed to film

one of the
Silverstone Energy Maintenance Staff

hard at work!

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