Not wanting our eager audience to be disappointed by the lack of continuing the Madagascar Saga we have had to leave it for today to report the happenings of Friday / Saturday. Something of a milestone for me, but more accurately 75 of the little blighters as we reached the ¾'s of a century mark, “an’ it don’t seem a day too much”!
Only a few
well-wishers started with my dear and very long standing friends
ANNIE and PAUL HARRIS
adequately armed with a more than decent
Magnum of Claret
and about 16 episodes of 'All Our Yesterday's'. Having 'twitched' thouusands of milesand dozens of Birds with Paul I am accustomed to reacting very quickly when uttering those immortal wards "wot the hell was that" and grasping the Canon at the same time. He had immediately noticed among a flock of more than 100 Starlings this
LEAUCISTIC
individualwhich lingered for no more than a couple of minutes
and snapped just in time.
On their departure next to arrive was Dave Foot who immediately set about rigging the Moth Traps after handing me a gift of a bundle of 'new' specimen pots - very nice too!
individualwhich lingered for no more than a couple of minutes
On their departure next to arrive was Dave Foot who immediately set about rigging the Moth Traps after handing me a gift of a bundle of 'new' specimen pots - very nice too!
Across what was left of Friday and into Saturday Phil Stirling arrived making for a total of 11 Moth Traps in all but over the remaining daylight Dave found
RAVEN
and
OYSTERCATCHER
(a 'rare bird hereabouts)
an abundance of
ESSEX SKIPPER BUTTERFLIES
which are a new addition to the Recording Area List
but almost as rewarding was the returne of one
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
which have been absent or simply unseen right across the Summer thus far. It would have been even better had they a family party in tow but it is well known that this introduced species finds it hard to procreate across Great Britain. With the magical
SUN
setting and the
HALF MOON
almost at its zenith and by dawn we had been joined by a long-lost friend
MARCUS LAWSON (left), with Phil and Dave interupted only by
SPARROWHAWK
only our second and no less welcome
GOLD-RINGED DRAGONFLY
for the year
and the rapidly ripening Berries of the
ROWAN - MOUNTAIN ASH
call it what you will with the wheat sorted from the chaff of the moth traps with all shown being at least First's for the Year.
JULY BELLE
BROWN SCALLOP
SLENDER PUG
OAK NYCTEOLINE
the supurb and a personal favourite
WAVED BLACK
DINGY SHEARS
and a Cherry worthy of being atop of any Cake
a daytime flier taken at pheramone by Dave and a first for our area 
and
(a 'rare bird hereabouts)
which are a new addition to the Recording Area List
but almost as rewarding was the returne of one
which have been absent or simply unseen right across the Summer thus far. It would have been even better had they a family party in tow but it is well known that this introduced species finds it hard to procreate across Great Britain. With the magical
setting and the
almost at its zenith and by dawn we had been joined by a long-lost friend
for the year
call it what you will with the wheat sorted from the chaff of the moth traps with all shown being at least First's for the Year.
LUNAR HORNET MOTH
No prizes for guessing where we will be at first light in the morning!
No prizes for guessing where we will be at first light in the morning!
