Friday 23 August 2019

Chevron

Lade - warm, dry and sunny, light airs - Tucked in the bottom of the garden moth trap amongst the many Setaceous Hebrew Characters and Common Wainscots was a yellowish patterned Geometrid that on closer inspection turned out to be a Chevron, only the second record for the trap site. A Whimbrel flew over calling whilst emptying the trap as several Willow Warblers moved through the fir trees.
  On the local patch the only change was a couple of Wheatears on the Desert and a few Common Whitethroats in the broom scrub. Elsewhere all the usual waterfowl on the lakes.

                                  Chevron

  Around midday I called in at Galloways to look for the Pied Flycatcher, but without any luck. Several Common Whitethroats, Willow Warbler and Blackcap noted, plus Stonechats, two Wheatears a Whinchat and a Clouded Yellow butterfly.
  An hour at the fishing boats this afternoon overlooking a flat calm sea was predictably quiet apart from a few fishing Sandwich Terns and a couple of Common Scoters through. At least 12 Harbour Porpoises and two Grey Seals noted.
  Elsewhere today there was no change to the regular waders on the bird reserve. 

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