The Weekend - Part II

 To sew up the remainder of the weekend wth Dave, which mostly featured Moths, we also have a few oustanding images from last week which should fit nicely into a fairly comprehensive post.

This deminutive and beautifully marked specimen is a
RED-TIPPED CLEARWING

not caught in the convential moth traps but lured by a pheromon suspended in a little casing of its own, proving most successful during daylight hours. Otherwise, overnight we secure First's for the Year which included the also tiny

PINION-STREAKED SNOUT
what likely constitutes my own personal favourite of the genere, the exquisite

CLOUDED BUFF

but watch this space as my mind could easily change tomorrow.

DARK SPECTACLE

another cracker as seen in the flesh

OBSCURE WAINSCOT
and finally for the day a considered

GREY DAGGER
Of the avians the only outstanding find was an in-flight and calling

CROSSBILL
that not only evaded the Canon but this observer as well, so now lean heavily on the residue from Last Week.

A single transiting

REDSHANK

was a short-lived happening

followed in turn by a couple of very healthy looking

FOXs
while amid that small catchment of bushes at the root of

Chapel Lane

a ;scarcity in the form of a

YELLOWHAMMER

and finally, roaming free with a Cockchafer here

the mighty

STAG BEETLE