Earlier, noticeably colder this morning at 6am which didn't bode well for the moth trap and so it proved with very few moths in the trap nor resting on the shed windows etc. Small Magpie, Clay Triple Lines, White Ermine and two Garden Carpet were the best although a tiny micro (below) looked unfamiliar; not sure it will be identifiable - probably should have potted, chilled and photographed later. EDIT - Possibly Bryotropha domestica aka House Groundling.
Birdwise Pulborough was pretty quiet with just a glimpse of Hobby, a Garden Warbler and still one singing Lesser Whitethroat. One Nightingale was croaking and one hweeping; sadly the two Alan's Green Sandpiper had decamped before I arrived. Just Buzzards on the raptor front. Nice to see plenty of Redshanks, apparently 6+ pairs and certainly some large youngsters.
Some hoped-for insect photography didn't materialise, so no Chrysotoxums, no Common Darter and no decent Soldier Flies but this Ladybird Fly (Gymnosoma rotundatum), Sercomiya silentis and this last instar Forest Bug plus the above mentioned Tiger Beetle. Some robberflies were obvious but not particularly photogenic - one for another day. This Emperor dragonfly below was one of two ovipositing, this one being in the new ditch north of Pig Run.
