For a change I thought I'd start with moths, both of them. I deemed it too wet for the GMS on Friday so the trap went out last night. But it was chilly and I caught just two moths; a Waved Umber, and a Flame Shoulder (nfy).
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| Flame Shoulder, nice but common. |
So having got up at 05.00 to rendezvous with the two moths, I then had to kill time before meeting up with Dave at Morton Bagot. Expectations were low, and for most of the morning they were not exceeded. Three Shelducks in the Mill Field Flash Field (its too late to start giving it the correct name), while the cool weather meant that about 20 Swallows a couple of House Martins and three Swifts were hawking insects low over the nearest flash.
Things picked up a little when we got to Stapenhill Wood. Here a Garden Warbler was singing from the centre of a dense blackthorn, the first of the year. Unfortunately it took us several seconds to realise what it was, and after about a minutes' worth of gargling warble it fell silent. So we neither saw it nor heard it again.
Back at the cars a Red Kite took pity on us and flew over in a sufficiently languid way that I managed a couple of record shots.
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| Red Kite |
Once again I think its the same individual that has been hanging around the area for a few weeks.
Hopefully the weather will start to warm up soon.
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