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Sunday, 21 May 2017

A Better Morning

Up with the sparrows this morning to check the moth trap and pleasantly surprised with 4 moths of 4 species. A Swallow Prominent, Heart & DartCrescent Bell (Epinotia bilunana) and a Shuttle-shaped Dart.

The one thing about being up early is that you dont get to hear the heavy traffic on the A419, so it was good to hear a distant Cuckoo, probably over towards Lotmead Farm, just of the Wanborough Road.

In the garden late morning a Small White and a Holly Blue.

Around Nythe pool today a 3 juvenile Goldcrests being fed by the parents, a Great Spotted Woodpecker calling and Blackcap, Garden Warbler and Chiffchaff singing.

Overhead 3 Swifts screeching.

This is a Swallow Prominent............

..........Pheosia tremula...............

.....which could be confused with a Lesser Swallow Prominent.
Shuttle-shaped Dart...........

........Agrotis puta
Well I hope I've got this right a Heart & Dart, Agrotis exclamationis

A micro moth................

...........Crescent Bell, Epinotia bilunana