A final mini work session this afternoon at this small patch of heathland saw a pair of Song Thrushes commanding the centre of the common and the call of a Chiffchaff. Between heavy hail showers spent in the car, I saw the first of the spring micro-moths - a few newly-emerged Eriocrania subpurpurella. Very common on the edges of oak woodland, but displaying quite stunning gold mottling.
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The weblog below is for naturalists to use to report interesting sightings, ask questions, report on field meetings and generally post pictures and any information or questions generally relevant in some way to the wildlife and geology of Essex. You will need to register and be logged-on to post to the forum, and you need to upload pictures first, for use in posts. Find out more