Saturday 30 October 2021

Down at the Old Bull and Bush

 With weather conditions remaining mild with mostly full overnight cloud cover and little by the way of wind, the Moth Traps remain relatively busy with both

BULRUSH WAINSCOT and LARGE WAINSCOT

coming as a job lot and the also rans represented by a single
COMMON MARBLED CARPET
and at long, long last we have managed to capture a
TUI
even though they have been running at least 2 flights a day from Bournemouth International for about 4 months now, and not to be outdone
EASYJET
also took to the wing about 20 minutes later but still relatively quiet in the Wild World.
Although something of a repeat we simply could not resist the sight of the female
TUFTED DUCK
gaping then followed by THE surprise of the Autumn thus far at the Gravel Pit was
firstly one,
then two
and finally a prial of juvenile
LITTLE GREBEs
while the maximum across the breeding season has been no more than a single!
All else there was the now comfortably resident
COOT
while in the Solar Panal Compound there was no more than
this rather smart
CHAFFINCH
while at the
Sewerage Works
BULLFINCH
appear to have moved back into their Winter Quarters mob-handed.