Of Cabbages and Kings

A fickle female is Mother Nature as one minute it's feast quickly followed by famine as has proved the case over the last couple of days. Comparing Sunday morning’s counts from the moth traps with the previous bonanza of Thursday things were miles apart but may also have something to do with that dogged westerly breeze? Likewise, the remainder of the outside world also proved to be unproductive but will leave the moaning and groaning at that!

 A far better picture than the last as again we entered

Sunset Strip

 Apart from the rather robust

 CABBAGE MOTH

yesterday's additions to the 2020 List were all of a more delicate nature

 OAK HOOK-TIP

SMALL SCALLOP

 

 SCALLOP SHELL

and

DINGY SHELL

Getting out at 05:15 in an effort to dodge the predicted rain at 06:00 had the desired effect,

but as the forecasters were right again the Moths were all that were found during daylight hours.

Fortunately that some residue remained from the previous day

giving us at least half a chance of a Post!

Mostly from the Heath and in no particular order

 and last evenings exit of many dozens of Gull heading for a roost at sea?

COMMON BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL 

in oppose to

GREATER BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL

 BROWN HEATH ROBBERFLY

There are c3 species of Heather (Erica) here with this

 CROSS-LEAVED HEATH

being one, the others,

Dorset Heath or Bell Heather

we hope to bring you in the near future.

Yet another small gathering of

 STARLINGsg

but still no signs of our Rosy bird?

 A species of

COTTON GRASS

(maybe Hare's)

 Just so we could include on Bird

WOOD PIGEON

 MULLEIN

 RED-LEGGED SHIELDBUG

 SCARLET PIMPERNEL

 RED DARTER

Forming a Love Heart!

We thank John Gifford for some of the ID's!