On 2nd & 3rd Sept I tried a spot of early(ish) morning seawatching from the Lifeboat Station on Exmouth front. This was my last ditch effort to find something new before heading North for another boating trip. I didn't succeeed, but I did enjoy watching two pale & a dark morph Arctic Skua doing some synchronised tern chasing in the bay on the 2nd, and one pale morph on the 3rd.
When I got home there were 2 moths on the garage, a green & a white Marbled Green. At least that was a new moth to tick.
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| Marbled Green |
Back at the boat, I ventured off for a day's birding while Simon stayed with Muriel as she had solar panels fitted. I started off at Eyebrook Reservoir, but as that was a bit quiet, I headed off to Rutland Water. It was lunchtime by the time I arrived so I decided to stick to the free North Arm rather than pay the £5 odd to get into the actual reserve. The North Arm was full of Tufted Ducks with a few Crested Grebes thrown in, and lots of Egyptian Geese milling about on the bank. There had been Black-necked Grebes & a Little Gull reported there in the previous few days, but despite spending most of the afternoon there, I didn't find them. I tried to view the Southern Arm from the road as suggested in the 'Where to Watch Birds' guide, but unfortunately there is no longer access by road & it was a bit far to walk. I had a quick look from the one spot I could drive to, then returned to the North Arm, setting myself a limit of 5pm before I headed home. I was checking out the terns with about 5 mins to go when I saw a smaller & darker tern than the Common Terns that I'd been seeing all afternoon. As soon as I spotted it on a post it flew off & I had to wait a while before it finally reappeared. It turned out to be my first Black Tern of the year. That made my day!.
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| Eyebrook Reservoir from the North end |
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| The North Arm of Rutland Water, full of Tufties. |
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| Egyptain Geese |
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| A distant Black Tern on the post by the notice, a bigger & paler Common Tern on the post to the left. |
Year List: 202 + 2 sub-species
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ReplyDeleteHello, I am afraid that moth is a Marbled Green. Merville du Jour is an autumnal moth and is on the wing right now. Regards, Andrew.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for that. I'm always happy to be put right! I've never seen a Marbled Green before either!
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