Night Owl (s) - Gerry Rafferty

 While the nocturnal nuances of the early morning and vocal Grey Heron were short lived, in a matter of a very few moments it seemed those pre-dusk duties were taken over by the slightly more

mellow hoots of a couple of

TAWNY OWL's
from quite different directions.
At what passes for daylight these mornings, we were again at the Moth Traps with nothing new but at least something to pass on to our eager readership.

ROSY RUSTIC

was a welcome enough start but then bolstered by a

BROWN-SPOT PINION
and not a Wasp to be seen the rest amounted to a

performing and equally welcome

HORNET
With expectations far less high than they have been, we first encountered a

serene looking

male

MUTE SWAN
at the Irrigation Pond but in sharp contrast to the

pugilistic

MALLARDs

around the corner

on the

Gravel Pit

Otherwise there seemed to be no more than this loan

TREECREEPER

a species not see or heard since early summer!