Tiger Moth - Steve Hackett (Spectral Mornings)

 As far as Moth Trapping was concerned overnight Monday it was either a case of following the sensibility of what the weather forecasters were predicting or simply opt for the foolhardy. Having never stepped into the realms of the former before we cast our fate to the wind, but more likely the rain, and flashed up all units!

Yes, it was raining at 05:30, that drizzly get you wet quickly kind of stuff, but the early morning Douwe Egberts was interupted by something caught in the corner of the eye!

When I was a child  I caught a fleeting glimpse 

Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone, I cannot put my finger on it now 

The child is grown, the dream is gone 

for I have become Comfortably Numb

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd 

In the murk this

FOX

was boldly trampling all around the

Tennis Court

without a care - why not there was nobody about!
An hour laterer and no let up we made a brief stop to capture the first

GOSLINGs

of the more
Domestic Geese.
Fairly damp when we finally arrived at the traps but cheered by finding a dinky

BROWN-LIPPED SNAIL
on a windscreen wiper and good numbers of Insects within.
'First's for the Year'
included

a most handsom and welcome

GREEN SILVER-LINES

THE FAN-FOOT

BROAD-BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING

BEAUTIFUL HOOK-TIP

another little sensation in the form of a

PEACH BLOSSOM
and finally a

PINE CARPET
Considered most acceptable with a count of 111 Macro Moths amounting to 52 species!
Yes, the Forecaster had said that today would be Muggy followed by Tuesggy, Wednesggy. Thursggy and Frigy, but no matter the weather there is always a chance of something appearing from the Wild!