Wednesday 9 September 2020

Golden Brown - The Stranglers

Yet another rather threatening looking
 Weather Front
arriving from the west met us at the gateway to the Heath at Lighting Up Time,
but according to the weather gauge there had been no signs of any overnight presipitation! 
Something of an eclectic day right across the board and following the
Good News with the rain there was even more to come from above. 
Stepping outside there was little doubt about the calls as c15 Wading Birds flew perposfully south,
right place right time as nowhere near annual and this (below) the only
 GOLDEN PLOVER
(for illustration and interest)
 known to have landed here. 
That occrance was on the 12/04/2016 while the
Solar Panel Engineers
were still constructing the site
 and me trying to weedle my way into gaining entry
on a daily basis - which was successful!
The luck continued as we plucked a rather welcome
 First for Year
CENTRE-BARRED SALLOW
from the first of the home traps.
With nothing top hold us at the Ponds we headed for the Heath where the sky
had become a totally different picture with only whispy
CIRUS CLOUD
Maring the Blue.
It would be churlish to say there was 'nothing' in the 
Heath Moth Traps
even though 
 CLIFDEN NONPAREIL
has already
 been secured this year!
Along with it came a couple of eye-catching and harmless bugs
 BLACK and ORANGE SEXTON BEETLE
 being one of the
Burying Beetle Line
 as is
BLACK or COMMON SEXTON BEETLE
and the much less gentile
 HORNET
 
the largest of the Wasp Family in Great Britain.
 In a change from 2 and / or 6 we eventually picked up on something with
 four legs
 this rather smart and seemingly young dog
 FOX
before encountering something with 'none at all' an
ORANGE BOLLETE
Not the best day for Butterflies, so under the circumstances considered we did OK with:-
 GATEKEEPER
 LARGE WHITE
 SPECKLED WOOD
and
 GRAYLING
(wings tightly folded as ever)
and later
 BLACK-HEADED CARDINAL BEETLE
 PEBBLE HOOK-TIP LARVAE
with
 BROWN ROLL RIM
and
STINKHORN
 Back to Barracks and finding Hugh (the owner) feverishly re-shaping the
Chicken Coup
for the impending new arrivals!
 There were once 12 which, over the years, has reduced to 6 and a far
more dignified way of 'crossing the bar' than had they been reduced to the Barrery!
This was considered a to good a moment to miss clapping eyes on
 BROWN RAT
 which are numerous but rarely seen
(even though it is said that any of us is never more than 100 yards away from one)
BINGO!
 Your Palace Awaits
HOPE TO BE BACK TOMORROW - CHEERS!