Not exactly the way we had intended to start the new day as arriving on station to monitor the Moth Traps, we found the note-pad had been left in the car so a ⅓ of a mile both back and forth before we got the show on the road. Again there was no shortage of interest among the 278 macro Moths of 74 species with the following being added to the ‘year list’.
JULY BELLE
not to be confussed with the far moe scarce and sort after
LEAD BELLE
of which we have only captured a single specimen in 13 years of trapping here!
SCALLOPED OAK
followed in turn by
followed in turn by
GARDEN TIGER
and bringing up the rear-ranks a most welcome
MARBLED GREEN
at the very last knockings.
at the very last knockings.
COLLARED DOVEs
came to be something of a feature of the day, but try as we may unable to find any young.
No difficulties with
DUNNOCK
DUNNOCK
but in the Race for Beauty it was lagging somewhat, but just wait a week or two.
Still no shortage of juvenile
STONECHAT
STONECHAT
in fact a couple of dozen between the Heath and the Panels Compound
but Tale's of the Unexpected brought a brace of
but Tale's of the Unexpected brought a brace of
COMMON SNIPE
well out of season across our neck of the woods!
On his visit last weekend Dave had already supressed (whoops) 'found' our most dainty and
eye-catching Butterfly here which performed very well for us after capture.
On his visit last weekend Dave had already supressed (whoops) 'found' our most dainty and
eye-catching Butterfly here which performed very well for us after capture.
BROWN ARGUS
is a real beauty whether at 'closed-wing' perch
is a real beauty whether at 'closed-wing' perch
or with them open
but simply a Law Unto Itself when seen in a combination of both!
Single
Single
RAVEN
continue to appear sporadically
continue to appear sporadically
at thier favoured perch but no signs of family parties as had been the way of things in the past
but even more of a surprise was the appearance of a male
but even more of a surprise was the appearance of a male
TEAL
on the Gravel Pit
on the Gravel Pit
only our second ever July record
and finally another squab
and finally another squab
juvenile
WOOD PIGEON
in the garden.
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For me the bands signature compossition which in 1974 they announced would never be played live again - a bolt out of the BLUES!
Wind forward to the
WOOD PIGEON
in the garden.
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For me the bands signature compossition which in 1974 they announced would never be played live again - a bolt out of the BLUES!
Wind forward to the
and as 'HEADLINERS' on the final day The Ash took to the stage at 23:00 and played until midnight. There was a financial penaty in place for ever minute after the Witching Hour that any band played but it wasn't going to deter Wishbone. Having left the stage, drummer Steve Upton returned and perch on his stool, raised his sticks high above his head before connecting with the snare in the unmistakable intro to
PHOENIX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WIwkijLCAo
from the seminal album
ARGUS
and for further recommended listening from the same album the trilogy of Battle Hymns
Throw Down the Sword, The King Will Come along with The Warrior
