Blackberry Way - The Move

 Given what is considered a large number for here, the close on 30 strong skien of a previous post, it was no surprise to find a brace of

GREYLAG GEESE
circling the Heath, on the way to the Moth Traps this morning

before alighting just briefly on one of the small number of grassy patches.

With the air temperature at mid-night being +12°C and a lowly +5°C at dawn hopes were not high but in the event, at least we added

BROWN-SPOT PINION

to a Year List that is hovering very close to

360 species of Macro Moths.

Also buzzing around a was a

GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY
which in September at about at the end of their flight period while the

SPECKLED WOOD
sunning itself on the gate post may at least see October?

Maybe this is the last of the

SMOOTH SNAKEs
which we may have hinted before while, it looks by the pellets,

that the OWLs may have moved back in?

ALDER BUCKTHORN
is slowly shedding its leafs and at long last

and now bearing Fruit

as are the Brambles with

BLACKBERRIES
aplenty while the

female

TUFTED DUCK

is living in harmony with this year's and now self sufficient

LITTLE GREBE
and while there are still a few small clusters of last years

OAK APPLEs
we still haven't located a single Acorn yet!