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.