The Chestnut Tree - Glenn Miller

 It was just the way that things go as most of our wanderings seemed to attact Wildlife of the smallest kind, but there are exceptions to every rule. Right Time, Right Place as we moseyed off the flash up the Moth Traps but just in time to watch this

AIRBUS
taxiing for take-off.

SMALL PURPLE BARRED

was first on show and a 'first for the year' so a decent start but followed in quick succession by even better quality in

LANGMAID'S YELLOW UNDERWING
which can present some identification problems, so always seek advice, with

the far more common and frequent
LESSER BROAD-BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING

PRIVET
on the Heath is now flowering in all directions so no surprises that the leviathan that is

PRIVET HAWK-MOTH
has been caught daily over the past week and of interest might be the

LARVAE
of such a beauty and while we don't do Micro Moths there is, as ever, some exceptions to that rule when we capture the likes of

BOX-TREE MOTH
 while others in the traps included

LARGE AMBER SNAIL

LEMON SLUG
along with a minute

GARDEN SNAIL
while a number of adults were congegating on a

nearby fence post.
Otherwise, it was left to a couple of nervous looking

GREEN SANDPIPERS
clicked

and videoed through the windscreen for fear of flushing them, love the reflections, but then came the highlight of the month a long overdue visit to our dear, dear friend and erstwhile apprentice

CHLOE
in her and her partners very own
WONDERLAND

with firstly the tiniest of

SNAIL

continuing the theme on my wing-mirror,

tiny

FROGS

developing

HORSE CHESTNUTS
(Conkers)
and almost got a full-frontal of this

COMMON DARTER
and very nearly forgetting the

WOOD ANTs 

nesting in the traps.