To a Woodlark - not Percy Bysshe Shelley

While there is always great pleasure in catching such diverse creatures as

MOTHS

no matter what is caught, there is that everlsting hope that the

'RARE' 

will come your way!

 While the dusk sky looked perfect and the air temperature showing the same

the feeling was similar or same as the last few days and while the Rarity didn't show up

the DIVERSE did!

 FROSTED ORANGE

is considered a 'showy' Insect often showing different hues and shades

but this is the first time we have seen a

 RUNT

Last of the litter we guess (how many hundreds of eggs do they lay?)

but offered up against the 'life-size' illustration from Skinner this example can be seen to be tiny.

 KENT BLACK ARCHES

is usually over by now, said to have a flight period lasting from

late June to Early August, so it can only be the dreaded

Global Warming?

 Nothing unusual about

RUBY TIGER

simply a very pleasing Moth but on the late cusp of its given flight period.

 We have shown some examples of

LUNAR UNDERWING

in recent days but don't remember seeing this 'chocolate barred' example before.

 and last, but by no means least,

 another, our 4th this year,

 CLIFDEN NONPAREIL

(beyond compare!)

One of our resident

 WOOD PIGEONs

look a little lethargic as we made a start on the traps while

considered a little early in the day for this kind of thing 

(photography that is) as a few

 ROOKs

also seem to be edgeing their way back onto our patch

and feel as soon as ploughing begins there will be a whole lot more?

Little / Nothing at any of the Ponds was disappointing but on the

HEATH

there continues to be a resurgence of

 almost continuously vocal

 WOODLARK

 and while difficult / impossible

to estimate numbers it was considered that a

DOZEN

or more would not be an exageration. 

Something of a 'tongue in cheek'

COMMON BUZZARD

at distance and can be heard being mobbed by a 'murder'

CARRION CROWs

The final sighting of the day was also confined to the overhead cables, as a decent size 'pod' of

 STARLINGs

 chattering away (as can be heard)

 above the main gate into the estate.

Finally, while we have only reached the 65% intelligence level of

Professor Stephen Hawking

we have calculated that if each and ALL of of our Valued Readership

recruit just one more Reader that would nearly be 

Double of what it is Now?? PLEASE!

 HERE'S HOPEING FOR MORE, AND BETTER, TOMORROW!