Mallow Yallow - a Slant on the Donovan 'hit'.

 With overnight temperatures still hanging on dogedly to double figures we have been reaping the benefits at the Moth traps with the likes of

MALLOW

along with

BLAIR'S SHOULDER-KNOT

and the much sort after

RADFORD's FLAME SHOULDER
but unfortunately not enough to keep the attention of our rapidly dwindling audience!
Just 14 days ago we were commanding daily counts as high as 1050 'hits' while a rapid decline to a meagre 356 were recorded yesterday. We thank those who have not forsaken us whole heartedly!

Meanwhile, in the wider world, departing

CHIFFCHAFF
have been vocal and numerous as

a couple of still juvenile

WOOD PIGEONS
continue to feed and frolic on the lawn.

Better still and gracing the flightpath from the Main Pond to the Garden Pond on a daily basis

an ever welcome
KINGFISHER
which has been absent for to long and with no evidence of breeding here this year.

Further afield on the Gravel Pit more
MALLARD

have been joining the female
TUFTED DUCK
(centre on the 'still' and right on the 'clip')
while we also logged the first Autumnal

LAPWING

Solar Panel Compound

as mostly vocal

WOODLARK

have been returning to the Heath which we hope might attract other absentees.