Key words such as 'Country Park' (read: 'dog turds/bite wounds'), 'Great-crested Newt mitigation' (read: 'never to be seen again') and 'Neutral Grassland' (read: 'shorn to within an inch of its life every 45 seconds') leapt from the page.
As a full-time NIMBY-ist, I didn't (as you may expect) leap on the keyboard and compose an email of fiery rhetoric about 'how it should be'.
No. Instead, I sought my 'Crystal Ball for the Pragmatist' and saw a vision of the future - it was a blog entry !
I couldn't quite see all of the detail due to swirling mist, and poor eyesight, but the entry went something like this:
The coolest night since early February - minimum 25 Celsius
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella 250
Total: 2 species
+ 4 East-European sp. TBI
List for SP9326: 20/07/2021
647 Brown House-moth 171293 Chrysoteuchia culmella 250
Total: 2 species
+ 4 East-European sp. TBI
Anyway - mustn't grumble :-(
Back to the present -
Minimum 8.0 Celsius.
A dismal showing - not surprising after the rain set in for the day.
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| 1076 Celypha lacunana |
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| 2087 Turnip Moth |
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| 2353 Flounced Rustic |
647 Brown House-moth 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 4
1742 Yellow Shell 1
2087 Turnip Moth 1
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2353 Flounced Rustic 3
Total: 7 species
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