It was nice to see that the Highland Cattle had drawn in three Cattle Egrets, birds I'd never seen here before and presumably from the Warblington area. Other birdlife was very quiet but I still submitted a complete Birdtrack entry.
The weather was a little disappointing being totally overcast but dry for the morning. Some areas were at least sheltered from the breeze. Later, at home it rained for an hour or so.
The only lepidoptera on the wing strangely were all moths; Speckled Yellow, Nettle-tap, Nemophora degeerella and Alabonia geoffrella. The English names for many inverts are now being used more widely on websites and in books so I think I'll start to add them here and so the former two moths are Yellow-barred Longhorn and Common Tubic, the latter a pretty poor name for such a smart moth!!
I was pretty chuffed to see 'Geoff' as we've not crossed paths for some years. (EDIT Just under 7 years since my last at Titchfield with Dave Wallace).
Hovers were few and far between and the two below were a bit too far for the 90mm macro but it looks as if both were new for me namely Platycheirus tarsalis and Criorhina floccosa.
