February 10th 2011

Bob came round to photographs last nights catch of 4 species of moth including my earliest Oak Beauty but we did not get to the pond till mid-day when the weather was supposed to improve – it did 3hrs later, dull and drizzle till then.

Oak Beauty

Grey Shouldered-knot

The pond was boring – same birds in the same place doing the same things watched by the same people using the same equipment wearing the same clothes and so on and so and so, usual female Scaup, male Smew, 20 Goosander, 4 Barnacle Geese, 15 Graylag Geese and 12 Long-tailed Tits.

Richard