The first task was to empty
Dave’s moth trap but as there was only eighteen moths of eight species it
didn’t take too long. There was a single
micro, a Honeysuckle Moth that was new for his garden.
The following were trapped:
Honeysuckle Moth [1]; Brimstone Moth [2]; Large Yellow Underwing [5]; Lesser
Yellow Underwing [6]; Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing [1]; Setaceous Hebrew
Character [2]; Square-spot Rustic [1] an Flounced Rustic [1].
From Dave’s I went to
Saddington Reservoir, which was fairly quiet but I did find four Chiffchaffs
and three Willow Warblers and a Treecreeper was another good find.
There was also circa thirty
Lapwings flying around for about twenty minutes presumably trying to find a place
to land but eventually they just disappeared.
From Saddington I moved the
short distance to Gumley where I immediately had a Nuthatch calling and saw
another Treecreeper.
I walked through the wooded
footpath to the church where there we three Goldfinch feeding in an old Yew and
I did eventually see a Nuthatch as it came in a began feeding in an old
pine. A buddleia bush closer to the
church had attracted a Peacock and five Red Admiral butterflies. I saw nothing else of note and completed my
morning out by walked a short stretch of the Grand Union Canal close by. The best was a single Whitethroat, which
provided excellent views albeit briefly.
During the morning I also saw
five Red Admiral, a Peacock and seven Speckled Wood butterflies and a Migrant
Hawker and two Common Darter.
Honeysuckle Moth
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Flounced Rustic
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