A slow start for everyone. Sara and Josh still recovering from their arduous drive, Pam and I had the moth trap to explore. Pam potted eighteen moths outside the trap, on walls, the trap itself and inside the living area. The latter because, without a long extension lead, the patio door was ajar behind closed curtains. There were 45 macro moths of 33 species. We're still trying to ID some of them. We're spoilt in Norfolk with the 'Flying to-night' section of our moth site, nothing similar here. There were also two different Plumes, Agapeta Hamana and Agapeta Zoegana and a few grass moths. Nothing strikingly different from home as yet but our first Dusky Thorn of the year
and the escapee Small Waved Umber. Heath Rustic
and Double Kidney were only our second ever.
Lovely examples of :
Coxcomb Prominent
Coxcomb Prominent
and Pale Prominent
Sallow Kitten is always a delight
One of the farm cats came to see us, a slender, young, dark tabby. Not typical of farm animals, she was very friendly and sought attention. Very pleasing for all of us starved of animal companionship. Sara has two dogs and a cat, our much loved ginger Robertson has not been replaced.
One of the farm cats came to see us, a slender, young, dark tabby. Not typical of farm animals, she was very friendly and sought attention. Very pleasing for all of us starved of animal companionship. Sara has two dogs and a cat, our much loved ginger Robertson has not been replaced.
After lunch, Sara and Josh went off to find a large supermarket. Australian supermarkets are food and stationery only, our clothing, electrical goods, wine and spirits etc megastores are an eye opener for him.
Pam and I drove through Cheriton to Llangennith, the only beach on the Gower I haven't ever visited. It's about the furthest one, Rhossilli was my family's most distant destination. The road was a dead end...... with a private, authorised vehicles only drive ! We parked so that we could take photos of the deserted beach and dunes below.
An ice-cream diversion took us across an area of well vegetated moorland where we saw a family of Stonechats. Some well grown bramble bushes under overhanging Oaks and Hawthorn had many insects feeding on its opening flowers. These included the butterflies: Small White, Red Admiral, a tiny Blue sp., Meadow Brown and Speckled Wood. The pristine Red Admiral landed on the grass so that I could take a few shots out of the car window.
We tried to get down to Rhossilli, wrongly finding the car park behind the dunes at the further end of the bay. This would have entailed walking over the dunes to see the sea. We didn't.
We all arrived back at the Granary at a similar time, Sara and Josh slightly ahead. He came running to open the gate for us, which was great. Their Mercedes, Sara and Josh.
Later, Josh climbed the graig in order to see the view from there and to take a few photos using Sara's phone. He has to be doing. Sara calls it 'walking the dog' when she takes him out.
The Granary from above.
It's taken ages to download and edit photos to-night whilst Pam has been busy identifying moths - either side of a lovely dinner cooked by Sara. She's looking after us very well and Josh is a delight to have around.
An ice-cream diversion took us across an area of well vegetated moorland where we saw a family of Stonechats. Some well grown bramble bushes under overhanging Oaks and Hawthorn had many insects feeding on its opening flowers. These included the butterflies: Small White, Red Admiral, a tiny Blue sp., Meadow Brown and Speckled Wood. The pristine Red Admiral landed on the grass so that I could take a few shots out of the car window.
We tried to get down to Rhossilli, wrongly finding the car park behind the dunes at the further end of the bay. This would have entailed walking over the dunes to see the sea. We didn't.
We all arrived back at the Granary at a similar time, Sara and Josh slightly ahead. He came running to open the gate for us, which was great. Their Mercedes, Sara and Josh.
Later, Josh climbed the graig in order to see the view from there and to take a few photos using Sara's phone. He has to be doing. Sara calls it 'walking the dog' when she takes him out.
The Granary from above.
It's taken ages to download and edit photos to-night whilst Pam has been busy identifying moths - either side of a lovely dinner cooked by Sara. She's looking after us very well and Josh is a delight to have around.
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