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!
