A quick flash back before we kick off proper and the
irresistable capture of a
WEARY
WOOD PIGEON
(right outside our door)
and guess you'd be a little knackered had you knocked out
c3 broods already this year?
With the Summer weather still nowhere near its best
at least the overnight temperatures remained in double figures
wih something to show for that!
From the garden traps only came First's for the Year............
this little beauty a
SALLOW
followed by a rather early
ROSY RUSTIC
along with
DARK SWORD-GRASS
and the diminutive and this time 'late'
ORANGE FOOTMAN
On the main path to the Gravel Pit
an all too distant juvenile
WHITETHROAT
which did its level best
to make for good footage
but then perhaps you need to look at the cameraman!!
The mixed Gull flock was once again adorning the
Solar Panel Compound
but in far fewer numbers than the privious day but on the up-side
far more obliging!
adult
HERRING GULL
along with a
juvenile
and an adult
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
along with one still in
juvenile plumage.
(It's been a while)
These larger Gulls take 5 years to develope from egg to adulthood
and don't you just luv 'em!!
As previuosly stated the traps on the Heath produced nothing new for 2020
but best of the bunch did include our 6th
LARGE EMERALD
for the year along with an almost pristine
PINE HAWK-MOTH
which we only ever seem to capture in a ragged state but cannot say why?
The video clip shows it warming up prior to tave-off - chocks away!
There was also a
GREEN LACEWING
whie flying right in the face of our favourint saying
"we don't do Micros"
but when they look like this and seemingly easy (????) to identify
its worth a bash as we reach for Micro Moths of GB by
Phil Sterling and Mark Parsons with illustrations by Richard Lewington.
BEAUTIFUL CHINA-MARK
(no relation to the above)
and maybe, just maybe
BROWN CHINA-MARK
there will be a queue if they are wrong which is welcome
"never too old to Rock 'n' Roll or learn something new"!
Across to the 'ever changing scene' that has become
Bournemoth International Airport
this, the 7th
AIRBUS
to arrive here in recent time has now been on the pan for about 2 weeks
but it was only today that we noticed that they have also
Set Up Shop
here as well - it's an ill wind that doesn't blow some good!
Very little going on within the
Solar Panel Compound
unless you like
MULLEIN
which grows apace here
while the only remaining juvenile
LAPWING
seemed to be surveying its domain from the crest of the
Late Bronze Age Tumuli
SPIDER's WEB
holds raindrops as
CENTAURY
also florishes.
also florishes.
As something of a final bonus we also netted a day-time flying
SMALL GRASS EMERALD
which was released to the wild after identification.
PLEASE KEEP TUNING IN and TELL YER MATES!
