Old Devil Moon - F.A. Sinatra

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Another catch up and still trialing the 

Light Emitig Diode Traps

(which don't seem to be doing to well perhaps due to that)

Old Devil Moon in Your Eye

it was left i full for the single Mercury Vapour one in the garden to come up with the 'goodies'!

 All First's For the Year 

unless noted, first out was a real welcome contender as one of if not 'the'

smallest Macro of them all and certainly up there with my favourites

 the 

'Bird Dropping Mimic'

 CHINESE CHARACTER

followed by

FROSTED GREEN

 STREAMER

 SCARCE PROMINENT

 NUT -TREE TUSSOCK

 and included because it is such a classy looking Insect, but previously secured

 HERALD

Elsewhere, but before getting away from the Moth scene altogether,

my neighbouring 

 WOOD PIGEONs

 have, this year, taken to nesting in the

Holm Oak

which is more or less singularly the stronghold of a recent colonist to Great Britain the

 OAK RUSTIC

(which should emerge much later in the year)

This is all going on right outside my door so easily observed but last year they favoured the

 LIME

close by and at much lower altitude

but as we speak stands pruned and naked!

 Continuing the Patient Waiting Theme

it would appear that the female Kestrel is also 'sitting', as they did last year nesting

in the Owl Box sited in the gable end of the stables.

 The male meanwhile seems to sit it out

before his task of

 catching and carrying small Mammals and Other for the youngsters

 Otherwise, but not being an expert on such things, it is believed that this aircraft is a

 HERCULES TRANSPORT

 

which we notice is 'unbadged' and usually indicates some kind of 

'Special Operations'

 It has been flying around, seemingly in ever decreasing circles for the last couple of days, and more recently with its after cargo doors wide open which may indicate it is about to disappear??

Little as it is, all of this has taken place across the Southern Section of the Recording Area

while to the north things have remain stagnatly still with only a lone

 MALLARD
enhanced by the glint of the Sun

 Yet another 'singing'

 STONECHAT
 and to conclude, just about the only 'Micro Moth' I can identify
and describe by its Latin name

MUSOTIMA NITIDALIS

So new is this invader from the Antipodes that as yet it does not feature in that fine tome that is

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