Ant Music - Adam and the Ants

 Another cracking Spring day yesterday most of which, between bouts victualing and bunkering ship, was spent on the Heath while the phase of the

WORM MOON
continues, yes we hear you say, neither have we ever heard of such a thing!

The quick pass of a new 'Chopper' to us didn't leave any clues as to it type or origin but ever onward starting, as ever, with the Moth Traps.

From the home traps came a first for the year
EARLY TOOTH-STRIPED
but outshone by a most nifty

MULLEIN

from the recently resited traps up north.
Also down south a lone

MALLARD
on the Stubble Field and silently gaping

seemed a little strange and out of place, but not so the full bloom

MAGNOLIA
in the Manor garden followed by a short diversion into the Aiport to count the

ROOK's NESTS
65 from what could be seen almost doubling last years total, but still no
Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
Met at the gatway to the Moor by this feeding

DUNNOCK

again we could not coax a
Lesser-spotted Woodpecker
out of the trees but under the first 'cover' found the first of c5

very active

FIELDVOLE's

across the visit while there were a few

STONECHAT

only singles of
LINNET
and

WOODLARK
Under 2 more successive Covers 

were found c2 seperate

SLOE WORMs

along with yet another rather coy

FIELD VOLE
with nest while the still naked

ASPENS
will be some time in this condition as late to burst into leaf.
Under the final cover some

ANT MININGs

with a decent gathering of the Insects themselves as the
Rare Breed Goats

offered a rauchous farewell.