Dragonfly - Fleetwood Mac

Firstly, an apology for yesterday's Typo as the caption should have read
"By and large the Macro Moths are of a larger nature, while the Micro's are generally small".
The correction has been applied!
Something of a strange but most welcome start to our perambulations today as 'first thing' amid the Dawn Chorus both Whitethroats were happily singing together in the garden.

 Nothing unusual about

COMMON WHITETHROAT

 being vocal here, especially by the riverside, but

 LESSER WHITETHROAT

 to our recolation has only sung here once before - it is however seen / heard at other locations.

Another division which is somewhat falling by the wayside are the the

Moth Identifications

(despite the lads in Weymouth readily lending a hand)

but we never lean on them before giving them all our best shot first!

Today's Gathering Included

HUMMINGBIRD HAWK-MOTH

which unlike the one seen on the day this is an archive image of

one (unusually) caught in a trap last year with the more recent individual

being free-flying and nectaring Honeysuckle.

 SMALL DUSTY WAVE

 ORANGE SWIFT

 BROWN-TAIL

 If or when you see these small waxed boxes strewn along the 

hedgerows, they are there in an effort to eradicate the Larvae

of this destructive creature. They will strip a hedgerow in a matter of days!

With much of the rest of the day taken over by Insect life we had better

kick off the remainder of the Post with a Helicopter of the

CIVIL AVIATION KIND

which flew directly over the Heath and then the Airport where this

BOMBARDIER GLOBAL 600

has taken over poll position outside of 

Company Head Quaters

as one of the Virgins is 'tugged' into the hanger

highly likely for maintenance?

Otherwise on the Heath the first 

COMMN BLUE BUTTERFLIES

(male)

(female)

No surprises to find

 GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY

(my absolute favorite)

 in the grassy margins

and the first flowering

 RAGWORT

horses beware, can be a deadly plant to livestock!

 Another 'first' were a couple of juvenile

WHITETHROAT

before entering the 

Solar Panel Compound

to find just c2 of the 8

 RAVENs

 at great distance and

 gaping to keep cool

 Could have done with being a little nearer

but nonetheless a great performance!