Poison Ivy - The Coasters

The temperature was +11°C at dawn yesterday morning, up on the previous few days, so hopes of a reasonable catch from the Moth Traps was in prospect. We didn't have to wait long for a First for the Year to be potted in the shape of a

 BARRED RED

 which was followed in quick succession by

 BUFF FOOTMAN

and

 BORDERED PUG

All else of interest amounted to a

 MOTTLED BEAUTY

the first of which a few days ago now, slipped our clutches, and a

 'new' Insect for the Recording Area

IVY BEE

Apart from discovering the content of the Irrigation Pond

COOT'S NEST

with c3 eggs at least the rest of the mornings interest was found at the

Sewerage Works Perimeter Fence.

 Running away at our approach,

 what appeared to be a 'young'

 FOX

 with some sort of prey.

Overhead a single

 HERRING GULL

 and at even more distance a
BLACK-HEADED GULL

 with a 'colour ring', now with the details who knows what secrets that might tell?

 Last on the Day List

 and the first appearance here

 for a couple of months now, a

 male

 BULLFINCH

with a female inside the works which escaped the camera.
A short day, but in what are the Wildlife Doldrums at this time of year
we can expect little else!

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