Silver Machine - Hawkwind

Later to become Hawklords 

A bit of a milestone to kick off with as securing our first Hawk-Moth of the year

in fact not just one but c2

POPLAR HAWK-MOTHs

feeling gentle to the touch

and again from the archive and just for interest the
LARVAE.

Additionally

PEPPERED MOTH
was added and like the larvae the

melanistic version is added for interest and finally of the 'alive' specimens a

RUBY TIGER

larvae ditto

along with the remains of a hapless

PUSS MOTH
With numbers still fuctuating between 1 and 3 on the day

it was back to the middle-order of c2

HUMBUGs

adequately serviced by a loan

Parent Bird
and joined on the Gravel Pit by a new

family group of

CANADA GEESE

as if we need any more!
Having trecked geographically in reverse order it was worth making a stop at the Airport if only to listern to the carcophony of

ROOKs
seemingly having outstriped any breeding season thus far with this

Begging Juvenile

highlighting the number of Air Miles the parents have to undertake to keep them fed.
and finally a visit to the southern paddocks to see if the

WRENs

had nested

for the third year running

in this

makeshift

Equipment Cage?
as you can see, they have!