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Toadflax Pug
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Pebble Prominent
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My other macro interest before heading for Essex was this carpet - could this be a Gallium Carpet? I guess the answer is going to be no, but....
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I include the underwing snap as it was very different from the Common Carpet underwing that I let go.
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I was then Essex-bound for Hadleigh Castle Country Park and the Southern Migrant Hawkers that arrived and were slowly disappearing. Thankfully they haven't all gone or been eaten with this chap showing well - just hanging around, waiting for the sun to come out.
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This Emperor made very swift work of a Gatekeeper.
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Many Scarce Emerald Damselflies in the ditches at this site.
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Shaded Broad-bar
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Wall Brown - my first one for a couple of years now. Always good to see.
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Gatekeeper -still loads at this excellent site.
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Six-spotted Burnet
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Back in Oxfordshire, I resumed moth photography - nothing else new but these Uncertain Rustics still confuse...
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Knot Grass - I like these
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Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings - pair
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Double-striped Pug
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Garden Carpet - a well-marked individual
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And last - and definately least - a micro...
1 comment:
Nice to see you copied me...on the other side of the Thames...but did better than me!
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