2243 Early Grey Xylocampa areola

Wingspan 32-40 mm.

Description  One of the earliest moths to emerge in the season, flying from March to May.inhabit lightly wooded areas and suburban locations, where it is often a visitor to the garden light-trap.
The yellowish-brown larvae feed on honeysuckle (Lonicera).

Reed Bunting On Feeding Tables

Reed Bunting pairs are now frequenting the feeding area

Spring Moths 21.03.2015

The Satelite - Both the Orange and white spot variants found

The Typical Wing Marks

Often overlooked the large eye of the Satelite

1930 Oak Beauty Biston strataria - plumose feathery Antennae. The patterned camouflage makes it  ideal for sit amongst dappled lichen this time of year a great disguise

2187 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi

1659 Yellow Horned Achlya flavicornis

As per name the Antennae - or - Yellow Horns

The Spring Blue Tit

Cladonia

Scarlet Elf Cups Sarcoscypha sp A Fungi

Scarlet Elf Cups Sarcoscypha sp A Fungi

1930 Oak Beauty Biston strataria

1930 Oak Beauty Biston strataria

A large-bodied, attractive species with alternate bands of chestnut and white, speckled with black.

Another Day Done

The not so dull colour of winter...

Variegated Ivy 

The Robin

Robins are increasingly tame at this time of year as they come to feed This tame Robin came amicably to seed. Thankfully this l;ittle fella is well and happy well out of sight of the Sparrow

Spring Stirrings 2015

At this quiet time of year it gives opportunities to focus on things like Ferns Lichens and other botanicals often overlooked in the fling of Spring and Summer   yesterdays visit shows some nice stands of Harts Tongue Fern  Asplenium scolopendrium  also visible are the many foliose lichens on Trees visible now without the Tree Canopy and other Lichens on Stone All the usual candidates where present on the Bird feeders Jay,Bullfinch , Blue Tit, Robin and Great Tit Sh

Also found on a Birch Stand this Pincushion Moss Ulota needing summer Capsules to differentiate between the two possibilities Crisped/Bruch’s Pincushion

Two Others Lichen and Common Wall Moss TBC

Common Wall  Moss around the drystone walls Kindbergia praelonga

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