MONDAY 18TH MAY 2020

KEYWORTH

Another new species of moth for the garden brings the total to ….457!

Ochreous Pug

GRANTHAM CANAL, TOLLERTON

A wander around Blott’s Pit at Holme Pierrepont on a glorious morning didn’t produce much though a Cuckoo doing lots of cuckooing was cheering and there were some beautiful damsels about.

Enallagma cyathigerum

So I headed home but spontaneously decided to stop for a wander along the canal and I came across a very confiding Heron which merely flew to the other bank when I got too close. There it stood, motionless for five to ten minutes.

Ready, Steady

And so did I. Until I was joined by a pleasant passing jogger who joined me in the patient wait until…

Go

And the prize…

A big tasty Tench.

It was shot with 4k for stills but the mp4 works ok too:

And off it went to swallow it.

Like me with a spag bol.