John came down for the last mothing session of the year last
night. In the end it was colder than forecast but still a reasonable catch of
23 different species. The commonest were November moths and Red-line Quakers…
The total included five new ones for the parish. Blair’s
Shoulder Knot, Acleris sparsana, Dark Chestnut, Brick…
And Sprawler…
On the birding front it has been a quiet week. Two late Sand
Martins were seen over Ainderby last weekend along with at least 50 Pied
Wagtails and the first Snipe since the spring. The first Redwings were seen on the 7th…
But they have remained very scarce, in fact significantly
outnumbered by Red Admirals which are still around in exceptional numbers. Even
more surprising was this Comma seen today, the latest I have ever had one in
the village…
In fact birding at work was better than in the village this week with
a Grey Wagtail in the car-park, three skeins of Pinkfeet over and a cracking
adult Yellow-legged Gull on the playing field.
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