Twitchy...

The bizarre world of the 'twitch'...

There's always one isn't there. This strange chap kept saying something about a hand grenade in the bushes??? He'll be tucked up in bed by now.

Apaches gathered before attack.

Never have so many good plants been flattened by so few...

All for this.

(Nice pic from Alan Gilbertson, Thanks)

Yikes! Its a ...

Looks good for...Sykes.?

Another two visits today to see our stray warbler at Hadston Links added a little bit more to my knowledge. Whilst my RBA pager has confidently mega alerted not one but 2 Sykes Warblers in two days, I'm not sure how they do it.

To simplify things, this bird shows several pro-Sykes's features - long bill, pale colouring, plain wing, long tail. The only thing stopping it is that most features of Sykes's overlap with Booted. But. This bird hasn't got any pro-Booted features, such as Phyllosc like appearance, flared supercillium, shortish bill, no this bird was reminiscent of Blyth's Reed Warblers, particularly around the head.

Today the big guns toting 500mm lenses were out in force so hopefully the images wil solve this riddle, but I think the best way would be to trap it...

Back to reality, some good moths over the weekend at home, despite the cold weather -

Acleris forsskaleana

Butterbur ( with Rosy Rustic left for comparison)

Olive

First VC68 record since 1899!

Grey Chi

Mouse Moth

Garden Moth year list now stands at 284.