A bank holiday: do we tidy up the garden or go birdwatching? Well fortunately we can do both, because August Bank Holiday traditionally turns up migrants at home. Today was no exception, with a couple of Spotted Flycatchers feeding from the wires over the field next to us. We also had a Dark Bush Cricket that needed rescuing from the large amount of hedge trimmings.
Earlier on in the week a Latticed Heath added itself to the house list. It’s not very heathy around here, so this was presumably a migrant.
Latticed Heath, another new moth for the house list
Dark Bush Cricket
Spotted Flycatcher