Thursday 10 September 2020

Spiderwebs - No Doubt

Another night of sub-double diget temperature saw nothing from the traps other than a 
CORRECTION!
Announcing the 'litter' of Hawthorn Shieldbugs on a previous post,
it turns out we got it wrong and not infact this
 HAWTHORN SHIELDBUG
but this
 BIRCH SHIELDBUG
We welcome the correction from Paul Harris with open arms!
Once again nothing to keep us at either pond so onward to the Heath
where en-route the
 Spider Webs 
were glistening with the dew
and looking rather like Brock the Badger had been having a mid-night feast.
Yet another 'pleasing' early morning
CLOUD FORMATION
However, looking back there was something far less pleasing although not going
to effect my day, but would have to make a telephone call as the
OLD ENGLISH WHITE STEER
had escaped captivity and already shoulder deep in Bracken
and Herdsman called.
We can report now safely back where it belongs!
Otherwise, and not surprisingly, more showy
FUNGI
 only ID'ed as to family group
TRICHOTOMA (Species)
and
ASCOBULUS (Species)
While we were in that area we did take a distant peek at the 
BEE HIVES

which appear to be thriving.
Birds were at an absolute premium
 and had it not been for this
 WHEATEAR
we could have been very close to a 'blank'!
A little relief came with the finding of another clump of more colourful
FUNGI,
which like the others were initially identified by
John Gifford,
but for this 
RUSSULA ATROPURPEA
we did find a vernacular name
PURPLE BRITTLEGILL
There was but a single bit of action within the
Solar Panel Compound
as on padlocking the gate we noticed this
COMMON BUZZARD
take this hapless
WOOD PIGEON
directly before us but at quite some distance,
feeling it was our attempt to get closer that saw it disappear into the trees,
with a few evidential feathers clinging to what might have been the
Plucking Post
had we been a little more stealthy.
Somewhat changed since early morning, the
Evening Skyscape