Monday 11 July 2011

June 2011 part 7

24th Return visit to the river I see more common blue and small skipper butterflies and the female mallard with 4 ducklings.
26th Very hot today. Lots of noise from next doors tree turns out to be the blackbirds seemingly scarring off the last batch of fledglings. I wonder if they are having another brood?
29th Caught a glimpse of the kingfisher as a friend and I stood on the bridge talking, its her first sighting and she is delighted. Its nice to know he is still around.
30th Sunny with grey spells. My grown up son comes home like an excited school boy with a "pet" named George. -A  tussock caterpillar of a Vapourer moth. So called due to the four yellow tussocks on his back.
Vapourer moth(Orgyia antiqua) Flies from June - October. The caterpillar feeds on a wide range of deciduous trees and shrubs from  April - September.