No sign of any butterflies for me yet ,in my part of Kent ,although several Peacock ,have been reported from various parts of Romney marsh .,I,ve been watching an overwintering Common Plume moth ,thats still present ,since at least the first week of December ,i,ve been tempted to move it ,especially when its hibernation site (the back garden fence ) was covered in snow .............but i thought better of it ,and let it be, but its still there ,and looks to be in fine fettle ...........a tough little cookie !
Today i had a very short visit to our local lake ,mainly too see if the local Egyptian Geese were about ,a male has been around for the last three weeks ,but the female was absent,and i suspected that she may be sitting eggs on one of the islands ,and happily .i can report that the pair of geese
were both present today ,along with 9 Goslings ! I think that this is probably their fourth season ,and they generally have two broods here .
Excuse the pics ............they were taken at some distance ,with a standard lense.
Also ,on the same lake a pair of Great crested Grebe ,also sitting.
Regards Allan.W.