June 13th 2010

Tried Swift Valley for butterflies and dragonflies but the rain spoilt our chances so despite managing to see 16 Chimney Sweeper and 3 Silver-ground Carpet nothing else was moving and the only birds of note were Buzzard, Jay, Whitethroat, family parties of Long-tailed Tit and Robin, 2 Red-legged Partridge plus Sedge and Reed Warbler heard.
Moved on to Grandborough Valley but as the sun broke through it remained quiet with only good numbers of Yellowhammer and Skylark worth noting.
Brandon Marsh could only offer up a male Teal as a new arrival otherwise it was the usual, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, Oystercatcher, Shelduck and Kingfisher plus family parties of Reed and Sedge Warbler.
We decided to try our luck over the road in Brandon Wood but could only manage 2 Meadow Brown and a few Common Spotted Orchids for our efforts so back to Dave’s for dinner then met up with Bob and April at my place for another bout of moth photography.
Now I am back on line I have had a chance to download some of the moths Bob has taken so far this week including:-

Shears

Pale Prominent

Eyed Hawk-moth

Foxglove Pug

Richard