Epinotia nisella with a good orange-brown streak

 

Rowan slender

 Parornix scoticella. New record for SK00, the 10 k. square.

Hickling Broad, Norfolk

 

Spoonbill, yacht and converted water mill

 

Spoonbill and teal

 

Mares Tail

Common darter dragonfly

Least Carpet

 Only the fourth appearance of this moth in Staffordshire.

Pine hawk-moth

 New to the 10km square SK00

Curlew and Little Egret on Menai Straits shore

 

Red Squirrel at Newborough, Anglesey.

 

Satin Wave and Green Pug

 

 

Cypress-tip moth

 

Next door a Cypress hedge was removed and this morning this micro moth Argyresthia cupressella appeared,

 Mother and three cubs. The whole family - Bill, Brenda and the new cubs, Bile, Brexit and Bunkum. Bill the brock. 

Red grouse and chicks at Nidderdale, Yorkshire

 

New Born

 First appearance of three new cubs with mother.

 Least Black Arches in fine detail

 Bill taken on a new trail camera. Two old cameras, one slightly damaged, taken in a burglary in which very little was taken! Replacing the window glazed unit cost about the same as the stuff taken. WHY? If the burglar is watching this, I would like to have a chat in confidence; he is obviously desparate and needs help. You also probably need help with your new camera.

 Mallards

 

                                     Skylark

 Marsh Marigold

                          Appeared 8.53pm. Think it is a 2 year old male.

 Pine marten seen in a garden in Switzerland.

 Roesel's Bush-cricket in a moth trap! It is spreading at an alarming pace northwards due to climate change and is now appearing across South Staffordshire. This is a female.

Caloptilia semifascia or Maple Slender. Only the third record in Staffs.

 Gelechia nigra. First record for Staffordshire and only the third in the West Midlands. Possibly the most inland record of this micro moth.