Last night the Moth trap went on for the first time this month, it was quite a busy night with good numbers of Small and Common Quakers, Hebrew Characters a couple of each of Oak Beauty, Yellow Horned, Twin Spotted Quaker, several Clouded Drabs, March Moth as well as a Shoulder Striped and a Small Brindled Beauty and a couple of Dotted Borders for good measure! there were probably just over 100 moths in all.
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| Oak Beauty |
On the bird front this morning it was again very spring like and with reports of Wheatear and Sand Martins from Dungeness, as always I was optimistic. Yellowhammers and Skylarks dominated the air waves and several Grey Herons were drifting up and down the valley, Stephen text to say the Stonechat was still around and I was standing where it had just flown to! within a few minutes I relocated the bird in the same newly planted hedgerow as yesterday.
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| Slightly nearer than yesterday but not much. |
Otherwise it was much the same as yesterday but without Chiffchaff and Grey Wagtail and for the first time for ages no winter visitors were seen or heard. It was a fairly short visit as I'm working today :( but I'll be back tomorrow all being well.
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Still winter visitors here Alan :-) My Stonechat didn't hang about though ;-(
Alan,
Made a visit late morning to your patch. Met up with the warden who said you had been down.Finally got to see the Marsh tits on one of the walks B in where the pallet has been covering a muddy path. Also saw Siskins there and bullfinch in hedges at the end of the boardwalk. Buzzard flew over mobbed by crow. Thanks.
100 moths. That`s excellent going for the time of year. Nice one, Alan.
Alan ,
Well done with your recent Stonechat sightings / shots .
Those Winter Thrushes are certainly getting fewer by the day .
Hi Warren, most the birds here only stay one day so I was surprised the Stonechat was still around.
Hi Mike, glad you found the Marsh Tits, I missed them this morning!! :-)
Hi Dean, We do quite well for numbers of moths, I'm not sure why but I remember we had 460 Lunar Underwings in a morning last autumn!!
Hi Greenie, the Stonechat was a nice surprise and as you say the winter Thrushes are going to be more sporadic now.
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