While the first day of Spring was a deluge, dark, damp, dingy, drizely and dull affair, it was OK once we got outside, and brought with it a couple of ‘minor milestones’!
With the overnight +10°C continuing it was considered worth flashing the
Moth Traps up again which came back with another ‘D’-word, DEVOID. Not that a Moth of any sort would have kicked off the new season or the new month for that matter, as all dated records are submitted as of the day the traps are activated, so fingers are crossed for tonight while no-one is going to be much interested in last night’s c2
Well Done and Best Wishes Sir!
The latter of the D words describes perfectly the findings across the southern reaches as it does the Irrigation Pond with neither sight nor sound of a waterfowl but a huge change in fortunes as arriving at the Gravel Pit
By and large the rest of the morning, before the rain set in, was a methodical search both inside and out of the main Solar Panel Compound with luck at the latter in finding the lone and elusive
Some readers may recall that this bird has been teamed up with this cock
What came next was the find of the year thus far, even though still being in it infancy, the humble
which has never been recorded in any of the Solar Panel Compounds
¾ of a mile between the Fencing Centre and the Sewerage Works, so considered quite a find! All else up north involved a collection of
while returning to Base we were met by a lone
but not the brightly marked one we had hoped would have graced our pages befor now, must have got wind that we are after it - but hopes are still high!
