Dragonfly - Fleetwood Mac (again) 1971

 The 'RAIN' word had hardly passed our lips before the Thunder roared and the Wet Stuff tumbled without word of warning from the forecasters at Bournemouth International Airport just across the road. Certainly not enough for the farmers and nothing to detract from the Best Moth Night of the Year. 233 Macro Moths were capture, from 5 traps, and amounting to 106 different species 5 of which were new for the year! The first not being in a trap at all but clining on doggedly to the paling fence and a species we have not caught in the Southern Local before

THE MOCHA
followed in no particular order or location by

TAWNY SPECKLED PUG

a fine example of

SALLOW KITTEN

COPPER UNDERWING

and an earlyish

SALTERN EAR

Certainly no shortage of action close to home as for the second time this year

BLACKCAP
(male)

female
were predominating with the vocals in the garden and while continuing with the

Moth Traps

out popped a most obliging

BROWN HAWKER
but better was to follow particularly at the Gravel Pit where contenders for inclussion appeared to be queueing up!

While the sky was alive with feeding

SAND MARTINs
which were considered to be nesting somewhere close by

and maybe back at Eco where these images were taken in better times.

While watchig a number of
EMPEROR DRAGONFLIES

with one female laying eggs

we managed to tease a male from his perch before spotting

this seemingly lone

COMMON SANDPIPER
back home for coffee sat on the doorstep didn't seem to phase the

GREEN WOODPECKERs

of varying ages feeding on the

Tennis Court