Evening Primrose (Musical) - Stephen Sondheim

 Could a day start any better for an avid Unmarried Moth'er than to find, tucked in an egg-tray at the bottom of a trap, something never seen before!

Not quiet accurate to say 'never' but with the exception of my occassional visits to the
Entomological Department at the Natural History Museum, London (by appointment only if that rule still applies) yesterday's

BLACKNECK
was the first one seen alive bringing our total of Macro Moth Species across the years to an acceptable 433. Along with that were also 'first for the year'

DINGY FOOTMAN

SEPTEMBER THORN

and also a

CORONET
Along the way, all the more common warblers are now back in full song including the

COMMON WHITETHROAT

(easy to hear but when it comes to 'clicking' and 'clipping'?)

all likely thinking of a 'second brood' although we have seen no juveniles yet.

MR RYAN
still carrying punters to holiday destinations across Mainland Europe
while directly below him the

HERRING GULLs
are STILL sitting - it has been 'weeks' now but the

EVENING PRIMROSE

still shimmer in the Sun while this tiny

CARBUNCLE

on a grass-stem is only likely to be of interest to me?

Later, on the Heath we found this maleKESTREL

with prey

looking every bit like yet another

hapless
DARTFORD WARBLER?

At the end of this swage of Flowers is where we live and where at the last knockings we found a

Free- Flying
5-SPOT BURNET
before turning our attentions to another

HERRING GULL

tempted by some mouldy bread

and clicked

and taped

from the doorstep.