Convolvulus Hawk-moth

Caught this beauty last night as it was trying to get in to the conservatory. It’s quite a good moth trap: Lights on full, rest of the house lights off.

 

Hobbys

…or lack of. No sign tonight. Hadn’t been for a while (last visit was on the last day of August). Thinking they may have left due to the recent poor weather. Last year they stayed until the last day of September, but the weather was much more reasonable. Last local bird was at dusk on the 3rd at Fowlmere, flying this way so quite possibly one of the birds.

Fowlmere

Another quiet visit apart from this Dunlin on the mere. My first here this year.

 

Fowlmere
07 September 2015 18:44 - 19:55
Cloudy 14C 7N
Teal, Mallard, Pheasant (heard), Moorhen, Dunlin, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker (heard), Great Spotted Woodpecker (heard), Magpie, Jay, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Swallow, House Martin, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap (heard), Wren (heard), Blackbird, Robin (heard), Dunnock (heard), Pied Wagtail (heard), Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnet, Rabbit

Swift

A late Swift over the garden on a lovely late summer day (there haven’t been many of those this year). Also a Red Admiral in the garden and also one in Shepreth (where we went for a walk) along with an Emperor Dragonfly and two Red Kites.

Fowlmere

Been very quiet of late. This juvenile Moorhen is the boldest I’ve seen. Always in the same spot on the path leading to the Mere Hide.

Fowlmere
04 September 2015 18:02 - 19:00
Cloudy 12C 12NW
Teal, Mallard, Red-legged Partridge, Moorhen, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jay, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Goldcrest (heard), Blue Tit, Great Tit (heard), Swallow, House Martin, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff (heard), Reed Warbler (heard), Wren (heard), Blackbird, Robin (heard), Dunnock (heard), Chaffinch, Linnet

Butterfly House

Woke to find a Speckled Wood sheltering from the rain. Had several species inside the house before, but not this one.

Think the “caught inside the house” list now includes:
Red Admiral
Small Tortoiseshell
Speckled Wood
Blackbird
House Sparrow
Swift
Grey Squirrel
Yellow-necked Mouse

Yellow-legged Gull

One sub-adult (probably 3W) Yellow-legged Gull along Fowlmere Road, Foxton on the way back from a rather quiet Fowlmere. It was actually found whilst looking at this candidate Baltic Gull! Unfortunately I didn’t have a ‘scope, so there’s no way of claiming it…

Fowlmere
01 September 2015 18:19 - 19:33
Sunny 12C 6WNW
Teal, Mallard, Grey Heron, Buzzard (heard), Water Rail (heard), Moorhen, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon, Turtle Dove (heard), Kingfisher (heard), Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Jay, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Goldcrest (heard), Blue Tit, Great Tit (heard), Swallow, House Martin, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Wren (heard), Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock (heard), Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Linnet, Rabbit