June 25th 2009

Last night was cooler and blustery so a poor moth catch in comparison to the last few days and it also meant the pond took awhile to liven up. Still very quiet on the birding front with female or eclipse male Teal in toft bay, 58 Mute Swan, 3 Lapwing, 2 Lesser Black-back Gulls, family parties of Whitethroat, Blackcap, House Sparrow and Garden Warbler and 2 soaring Buzzard.
Struggled to find any insects in the sheltered areas of the sailing club car park eventually managing Blood-vein moth, 2 Grizzled Skipper, Painted Lady, 2 Larger Skipper and Common Blue while around the reservoir there were good numbers of Meadow Brown and Ringlet along with 6 Speckled Wood and 3 Marbled White.
Meanwhile some of the grockles were getting frisky in the sunshine forgetting the invention of telescopes so thanks for the show – scored it 9 for content but only 5 for artistic impression, leaving your socks on isn’t romantic.

Swallow-tail Moth

Bordered White

Richard