A fairly quiet weekend. Ran the moth Trap Friday night and got 5 moths of 4 Species. Three were new for me, the best of which was a Cypress Carpet. This is a recent coloniser to the South Coast, and luckily I caught it in my "nature viewer" at the second attempt! Didn't realise how many species are on the wing in October and November, and with the fairly mild climate in South Hampshire with double figure overnight temperatures I reckon I can keep clocking up new species for a few more weeks at least!
On the birding side, I ventured to Selsey Bill on Saturday, but the White Billed Diver had gone AWOL. This is a species that ran rings around me in Norway two years in succession. I have at least 2 probables (One flying away form me, one landing out at sea virtually on the horizon in a heat haze). Will get a definate one of these days. Still, the children enjoyed playing on the beach there!
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