A visit to Pulborough saw one of the Amberley eagles perched up all morning and later this Brown Hairstreak was reasonably close but impossible to get the camera to lock onto in such a thick vegetation, but still nice to see. A calling Firecrest or two came through with a tit flock as we watched the hairstreak.
Moth wise the dropping overnight temperatures plus some wind and rain have reduced both numbers and variety but this Plumed Fanfoot was nice to get - according to MW's 2021 moth report only two records for Hants that year, one in each vice county.
Nutmeg and Dark Sword Grass were both new for the garden and this Angle Shades was the first and I'm guessing the last for 2022. And this Willow Beauty was one of two of the freshest I've seen for a while.
AT Titchfield little changes although tern numbers have now dropped massively. Very few waders on the scrapes and very little in the way of passerine migrants, for me just two Whinchat, one Spotted Flycatcher and a single Wheatear. Up to 30 or more Yellow Wagtails have been mostly distant or calling flyovers. Various Spoonbills and Glossy Ibises have commuted between here and Hook with two of the former typically sleeping on the South Scrape (below) whilst the singleton was actively fishing in the river.
Nearer home the odd Swallow, overflying Buzzard and a return for half a dozen Tufted Ducks plus nine Shovelers; a Grey Wagtail has been around the drier edges recently although driven off by 'uppity' Robin's.
This Eupeodes latifasciatus was written off a a Syrphus spp until I downloaded the image and was strangely new for year!!
