Back Down To Earth

Wakeham

Wow, I certainly wasn't expecting that. The moth trap went out last night and this morning all that was recorded, was 5 moths of 3 species.

Granted it was quite cool at 6.0°C, and pretty windy with that strong easterly, so I guess the moths weren't too happy with the weather conditions.

#1 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata x1
#2 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi x3
#3 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana x1

#1 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata

#2 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi

#3 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#3 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

And the three Common Quakers and the Light Brown Apple Moth.

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Barleycrates Lane and Reap Lane Barns

Early afternoon, I took Ted for a walk down Barleycrates Lane and then south down the Southwest coast path to Reap Lane Barns.

Highlights on our walk were 10+ Sand Martin, 20+ Swallow, 1 Whinchat, 6 Wheatear and 1 Common Whitethroat.

Birds recorded:

Herring Gull

Wood Pigeon

Collared Dove

Skylark

Sand Martin

Swallow

Meadow Pipit

Pied Wagtail

Robin

Whinchat

Wheatear

Blackbird

Common Whitethroat

Long-tailed Tit

Great Tit

Blue Tit

Wren

Magpie

Carrion Crow

Jackdaw

Starling

House Sparrow

Chaffinch

Linnet

Goldfinch

A Whinchat on the electric fence in one of the horse fields along Barleycrates Lane here.

Here is the Whinchat again on the far left with two Wheatears top and right.

Two more Wheatears..........

.........................and another two.

Ted trying to blend in with the newly laid southwest path.