New Romney - warm, dry, sunny, SW 4-5 - A pleasant enough weekend of weather for rambling about the local countryside, the highlight being a non-specific kite high over the town just before noon receiving a `welcome` by a couple of Herring Gulls. Whilst on the subject of broad-winged raptors a Buzzard dropped into a parkland tree just down the road yesterday afternoon releasing a furious response from the rookery by Sainsbury`s. Over one hundred Rooks and Jackdaws took to the airspace above St Martin`s field making a fearsome racket that eventually drove the Buzzard `outta town`. On this morning`s Hope Lane loop walk we witnessed another mobbing episode from three crows as they harried a Raven high over the wheat fields. Yellowhammer, Linnet, Whitethroat, Reed Buntings and Warblers were all busily feeding young, while it was good to see and hear several House Martins actively nesting on the new housing estate off Cockreed Lane having gathered mud from a nearby building site. Yesterday we were also privy to watch a nest of five Kestrel chicks and a fledged Little Owl locally.
Since moving here the moth trapping has been somewhat disappointing, probably due to the ambient lighting in the street outside the front garden. So, last night I moved the trap out back away from the street lamp and, despite the clear sky and breeze not being ideal for trapping, pulled in 12 species of macros, including a Snout. Hopefully, the move has done the trick.
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