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Already it is March 20th and this is the first entry.
There has not been a shortage of subjects to photograph, only time in which
to do so. The weather remains very mixed with the last couple having been
very windy. When the sun shines there have been the most wonderful blue
spring skies against which the blossom looks marvellous. Everywhere the
daffodils have been flowering in profusion, is it my imagination or are there
more this year than there are normally, perhaps it is simply my frustration
at not being able to stop and take that picture because of general business!!
 I did manage a photo of this moth which obligingly
remained until I was able to find the few moments it took to capture it on
film. I believe it to be, The Engrailed , Ectropis bistortata, another
new one to add to my gradually growing list. Clicking on the photo will open
it up.
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 Another moth today, this time
in the church vestry. It is a Grey Shoulder-knot, Lithophane ornitopus. According
to Brian Goodey of Essex Moths these appear in the autumn and then hibernate
as adults, reappearing on the wing during March and April. He also says that
it's never an abundant species and most people only see one or two each year.
So it would appear that I was fortunate to notice it.
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  Nearly the end of a month in
which I have managed to get very little down in the diary. The weather is
once again milder but overcast, which the moths seem to appreciate.
Yesterday, 28th March produced another newcomer for me, a very pretty moth
that I believe to be the Red chestnut, Cerastis rubricosa. It is
pictured on my hand where it chose to stay once I had disturbed it and from
which I had great difficulty removing it without harming it. However at last
it left and I managed another photo, although not so well lit, showing a
slightly different angle. If you click onto the pictures they will open
up and if you look closely at the side view you may have an idea of how furry
the legs are.
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