Keeping it in the Family

 Just to take a break from what has become 'usual', "no complaints about the returns from the  Moth Traps.

STRIPED WAINSCOT

BROWN-VEINED WAINSCOT

a left and right of

BULRUSH WAINSCOT
while keeping it in the family

SOUTHERN WAINSCOT
not much colour or variety, which can be altered by the addition of just 2 of the c5

JERSEY TIGERs

on the day.
but all additions to the Year List along with another
New Kid on the Block from the World of Aviation

ALBA STAR E-S

Boeing 737 - 4Y0
During that process it appeared that the

STARLING FLOCK

from a distance had doubled in size a lot and strung out like the

Illuminations on Weymouth Promenade!

Driving Me up the Pole!

 A little uncertain as to how / where to base our Sunday Post this week reflections of the all to Brief Encounter with the 12 year old Polish schoolgirl during the week seemed to fit the bill perfectly. As a part of conquering all of the Baltic States across a single visit back in 2004 we set off to spend a full week in each country which, by defenition

included

POLAND
Having decided to make this a cultural rather than a Wildlife expedition we headed in the first instance for Denmark, then addressing them all in a clockwise fahion from there. However, on this occassion we will make a different mix of it starting in Poland. The capital Warsaw painted a terrific picture but knowing not why interest lay more in the 

MIDLAND INDUSTRIAL REGEONS

where maybe over

hundreds of years this Coal Mine

had been turned into a

SCULPTURE PARK and MUSEUM

mostly carved out of the fuel itself.

A chance to sing along with the 'in house'
Brass Band - Magic!

but by a stroke of luck and a little judgement it was

Kraków

that was about to steel the show, nothing better than fate playing its hand!
First up, but not quite as we wanted it

DAVID GILMOUR

was playing in a couple of days time and with tickets more scarce than hens teeth this was the second time I had missed a live encounter with any of The Floyd!!!!

At the Tourist Office tickets were a little more available with this unmisable visit not to wallow in the 'macabre' but more a matter of 'lest we forget'!
At the departure point early the next day, bording the coach there in the front seat sat

IRENKA
who allowed me to sit next to her (there, told you there is a god!)
getting on as if we had known each other all our lives.
During that relatively short journey she told me that she was the pianist with the
Warsaw National Phiharmonic Orchestra, and that it might be best to go our seperate ways at the site to fulfil our personal interest and meet up again back on the coach - AGREED!!

Foreboding was not the Word walking under the archway where the slogan aabove anounced..
"WORK SETS YOU FREE"

and on our return to the

city, together, I was introduced to

Fellow Musicians from the Orchesrtra

Leuba (Polish) left and from the (U.S.A.) Suzanna being kept warm!
(Now there's a Day cum Night and a Country that will not be forgotten in a Hurry)

Polls Apart but Together

 An overnight and early morning weather picture that John Lennon would certainly describe as 'GROTTY'

didn't brighten up much at dawn, but the full picture really started the evening before.
Leaving shelter to position the Moth Traps there was a Young Lady standing along the pathway to the stables who was offered a jaunty good evening and a deal of conversation. Totally facinates by the traps, even though not fired up yet, she was offered a closer look if she were to return at 06:00.

Totally taken by the catch within including a First for the Year
GEM

and a
DARK SPINACH

during our further conversation it was found that she was not yet a Woman at all but a 12 years old School Girl from Poland on a camping holiday with her Father. With a knowlege far in advance of her years the only down-side was that she could only stay for 3 of the traps, but certainly better than none during which we also had a fly over

HURCULES

TRANSPORT
and also a fan of more domestic creatures we jammed into some of the cattle

OLD ENGLISH WHITE BULL

the camera shy juvenile
SUFFOLK REDs
along with one of the

BELTED GALLOWAYs
grazing the satellite section of the Heath.

Another disturbance from above from what is believed to be a
EMBAER LINEAGE 1000

 and in the final trap before her departure a

DAMSELFLY
in a teneral state, full colour not develloped yet and unidentified,

a rather impressive
LARGE EMERALD

and finally from the traps a 'spotless'

HARLEQUIN LADYBIRD

leaving me alone to find the 

c2 none to co-operative juvenile

GREEN WOOD PECKERs
at thier favoured feeding station on the tennis court.

Stranger's in the Night - Francis Albert

 Not at all adequate given the time of year with perfect overnight weather conditions, so we are considering changing our tack. Considering clearing the naphthalene crystals from the wardrobe and running c4 traps in there and the 5th in my wallet which should do the trick but we shall see. Otherwise, just c2 additions to the Year List, is better than nowt such as:-

SMALL ANGLE SHADES

one with

parasites
along with a most welcome

BOARDERED STRAW
Out in the Wider World there were a few things to ponder but little 'new' with at the Irrigation Pond a full muster of the family

MOORHEN

save for Dad who was probably at work

while in the Main Compound

a couple of more mature

MISTLE THRUSH
than we have seen in recent days and the return of the single

LAPWING

or maybe just

breaking cover again?

Best of the Bunch

however was the emergance of these new

WARBLERs
which for my money are either
CHIFFCHAFF or WILLOW WARBLER
difficult to say in juvenile plumage and no vocals, while on return to barracks immediately summoned to the boudoir of our short-stay neighbouring caravaner,

the lady concerned being just a little troubled

by this young
ROBIN
on here bed.
Out with the Butterfly Net and in with the Bird

and set free

in an instant.
Finally, the best of endings as we get so much help from our 4 like-minded friends in Weymouth
Paul, Dave, John and Phil,
to see that one of them, Dave, had a real stroke of luck during the week capturing this

Tiny Micro Moth
with no vernacular name only the Latin

AETHES BILBAENSIS
only the 3rd ever to be captured in the United Kingdom!
Well Done Matey!