That's Why They Call Me 'Mushroom'

'cus I'm some kind of Fun-Guy!

SUNRISE

and it would be a little churlish to say there was nothing in the Moth Traps when there was another and even more pristine

CLIFDEN NONPAREIL

along with a none to shabby back-up cast of

BROWN HAWKER

DRAGONFLY

a marginally late

SCARCE FOOTMAN
(we thought we had seen the last of them)

and a

BLACK and ORANGE SEXTON BEETLE

 

 Otherwise, a variety of Fungi is starting to appear

with the splendid

FLY AGARIC
taking the lead while

GOLDEN WAXCAP

bring up the backing vocals while
keeping things at a low key one of c3 dead

RABBITs
but with no visual signs of myxomatosis - Thankfully!

The Next Time - Clifden Richard

 If there is one thing that has amazed us this Autumn thus far it is the daily presence of the magical

YELLOW WAGTAILs

(juvenile)
which have touced down in the garden for the first time, knowingly, ever

while continuing to over-fly on a daily basis ever since and if there were but one

of the more common Moths that we would all like to capture annually sure it would have to be

CLIFDEN NONPAREIL

which we secured yesterday

with the 'Nonpareil' element of the name meaning

"Without Equal"
we'll drink to that, while the

extremely variable

LUNAR UNDERWING
also joined the still extending Year List.
Otherwise, quiet at the traps as hampered by yet another puncture not allowing us to get to the Heath.

A most scarce sighting of one of the 'under the caravan' resident

SHORT-TAILED VOLEs
(no doubt looking for scraps that we put out for them)
was considered a bonus while at the Irrigation Pond it was doubtless our own coughing and spluttering that brought the semi-resident

WATER RAIL
into full voice from the deapths of this

Overgrown Ditch.

One We Caught on the Oil Rig.
Absent for a few weeks now it was also welcome to see the odd

MEADOW PIPIT

knocking about again and to end that particular wander a

GATEKEEPER BUTTERFLY.

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ARGUS - Wishbone Ash

 Still a little joy bursting from the Moth Traps as overnight temperatures stick doggedly to mid-range double figures, producing the likes of

AUTUMNAL RUSTIC

along with

FEATHERED GOTHIC

both immediately added to the Year List, before what was at first considered to be something of a surprise a free flying

BROWN ARGUS BUTTERFLY

thought 'out of season' until consulting the Field Guide

to find a 'flight period' of
April to September
but very thin on the ground this year, unlike the

GREYLING BUTTERFLY
which continues to be plentyful.
Having been all-to-many days since our last report we popped in to se how the juvenile

LITTLE GREBE
is progressing

now fending for itself in part as this very short clip shows

but still being

chaperoned

by one of the parent birds

the other being absent.

You can never find a 'willing' male when there's work to be done?
Closer to home, and the

HORSE CHESTNUT TREEs

are sagging under the weight of fruit but we are yet to spy a single Acorn,

while juvenile

PHEASANTs
have become numerous, released we suggest.

Almost back to base, the full contingent of 2 adults and their c7 progeny just possed for the Canon

while overhead irresitable

STARLINGs
were in preening mode with all being completely unphased

by the

 presence of a

 

returning

KESTREL