June 4th 2009

A cold night so a total opposite to the previous nights catch with very few moths (10 in mine) and a similar story from Dave’s trap when I cleared down this morning though luckily he did have a stunning Elephant Hawk-moth that Bob could photograph plus this Figure of Eighty.


Birding has gone quiet so Draycote Water could offer only 3 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Linnet, male Teal and male Gadwall this afternoon and instead of the pub this evening we fancied trawling the valley hoping for Quail calling but we only heard and found 2 Grey Partridge. The Flecknoe Road birds have not been heard for a couple of day according to the land owner.

Richard