A few pictures from our recent walks around Sussex, and our moth trap, which is finally beginning to have some moths.
The Hairy Dragonfly was at Kithurst Hill, the Spoonbill at a well-known site so closed that it is apparently “irresponsible” to even look towards it from a public footpath, or admit its existence. The Shelduck chicks are from my favourite dewpond over the down from us. Prior to finding the pair with 9 chicks there on 20th May, the only time I had seen them there before was on April 4th, despite checking the pond for waders multiple times a week. Tricky coves, Shelduck…
Hairy Dragonfly
Spoonbill at a top secret site somewhere in the northern hemisphere
Small Elephant Hawk Moth
Poplar (or perhaps Sallow) Kitten
Poplar Hawk Moth
Shelducks
Common Spotted Orchid