Added Post

Missed a few things from that last post.

Yes, yes, a bit about bats first,

Detecting from my skygarden after dark on warm not-too-windy nights mostly gives Common Pipistrelle, often VERY close [like around the ears!] and on good nights, other species. Saturday was one of the good ones, with Natterer's, a Long-eared sp. [can't tell them apart, I've seen one just down the road in year past, but can't find my record of which; I don't keep a bat list {Yes, I know I should}] and Greater Horseshoe - which I found by chance while cycling up trying to get a fix on the Natterer's* - for only the second time.

Right, also to be put up;

Juv Blackbird, second brood

Mottled Beauty

Willow Beauty

Garden Carpet

Green Pug

Double-striped Pug

Rhomboid Tortrix

[bit worn]

Apple Ermine

There are those, perhaps, who may suspect this post is nothing more than a sneaky means of afflicting your eyes with more moffs - many of which being species I've put up already this year - but this is not the case.

A nice second brood Blackbird doen't fit in with seawatching, does it? And neither do detected bats; times and places and so on. Moths found at same location.

So no naughtiness at all.

:)

Be Seeing You...

[[* With a heterodyne detector, you have to shift the frequency you're listening to in order to help identify the species; the loudest 'peak' is distinct for each species, though some can be very close {like the Grey and Brown Long-eared bats, which are also very quiet (natch) and hard to hear}. This, combined with the style of call - such as 'burning stubble', 'wet smacks', 'quiet ticks', and 'castanets' - should let you ID your bat. It's very tricky when said bats are being unhelpful and flying behind scenery before you can get a fix, but that's all part of the fun! ]]