Saturday 17th May 2008
Cloudy, Patchy Rain, NE 2>3
Did`nt get round to running the moth trap last night. Fell asleep on the settee and woke up at an unearthly hour. Not going to bother with it tonight either, feels too much like winter than late spring.
2 Oystercatchers NW over the house this morning, were a garden year tick.
Had a couple of hours down at the Old Moor. Not a lot doing, but a Turnstone on the Wader Scrape was a nice year tick. The best of the rest were : 9 Dunlin, 1 Cuckoo & a bit of floral stuff ;
Black-headed Gull
Common Tern
Bog Bean
Adders-tongue Fern
A full circuit of Cortonwood early afternoon did`nt reveal anything exciting : Highlights ;
Birds - Canada Geese ( 3 broods ), Coot ( 4 broods ) & Moorhen ( 1 brood ).
Moths ( Matalan Store ) - 3 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, 1 May Highflyer ( year tick ), 1 Early Grey, 1 Pale Tussock & 1 White Ermine ( year tick ). Only the latter was reachable ;
Coot ( young un )
White Ermine
Doves-foot Cranesbill
Year Lists ;
Garden - 68 ( Oystercatcher )
Dearne Valley - 118 ( Turnstone )
Moths - 55
NB - no sign of any Grass Snakes today, around the Knollbeck area.
Did`nt get round to running the moth trap last night. Fell asleep on the settee and woke up at an unearthly hour. Not going to bother with it tonight either, feels too much like winter than late spring.
2 Oystercatchers NW over the house this morning, were a garden year tick.
Had a couple of hours down at the Old Moor. Not a lot doing, but a Turnstone on the Wader Scrape was a nice year tick. The best of the rest were : 9 Dunlin, 1 Cuckoo & a bit of floral stuff ;
Black-headed Gull
Common Tern
Bog Bean
Adders-tongue Fern
A full circuit of Cortonwood early afternoon did`nt reveal anything exciting : Highlights ;
Birds - Canada Geese ( 3 broods ), Coot ( 4 broods ) & Moorhen ( 1 brood ).
Moths ( Matalan Store ) - 3 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, 1 May Highflyer ( year tick ), 1 Early Grey, 1 Pale Tussock & 1 White Ermine ( year tick ). Only the latter was reachable ;
Coot ( young un )
White Ermine
Doves-foot Cranesbill
Year Lists ;
Garden - 68 ( Oystercatcher )
Dearne Valley - 118 ( Turnstone )
Moths - 55
NB - no sign of any Grass Snakes today, around the Knollbeck area.
posted by dean | 7:26 PM
4 Comments:
What a cute Coot! I've not heard of the bog bean or that fern, see how you educate me? The moth is beautiful!
Thanks Toffeeapple.
Bog Bean`s are very distinctive, whereas the Adders-tongue are difficult to find amongst the grass. Unless you know where they are in the first place.
I love these pictures. The coot babies are adorable!
Thanks Sandpiper.
The young Coots have a look all to themselves.
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