Posting so early in the morning can only mean one thing

The Safari successfully got the mothy out last night. After watching the rain subside and keeping an eye on several weather forecasts it looked like a once in a blue moon dry night was on the cards.

We approached eagerly in the morning and immediately saw this pug resting on the outside of the box..any ideas...Dean, Jonny S, anyone else?

Inside the trap but above the funnel was this gorgeous Marbled Beauty, three more were hidden in the depths

Five Heart & Darts were secreted in there to but a bit more exciting were these two slightly different Dark Arches.

Better was to come!

At last after a couple or three years absense an Elephant Hawkmoth...

What a stonker!!!

And no micros...had one, probably a Codling Moth but it escaped.

So we had a celebratory cuppa. Why do bread manufacturers make 'Toastie' bread that doesn't fit in a toaster?

Nightmare getting the crumpled slice out!

Where to next? Back later?
In the meantime let us know what was bumbling around in thee darkness in your outback last night.

Blackcap singing in the garden as we're hitting the keys on the keyboard! Garden No 35!
And one from the old days for Anno as promised...hit that bass!

Some seriously good musicians on the studio album

Summer sun - for a change!

The Safari caught wind that we'd forgotten World Turtle Day yesterday. See here for some info from a couple of years ago. Fairly sure, or at least a definite maybe, we saw one close in off the wall towards the end of last summer, or was it the year before - time don't half fly when you're havin fun.

Today was spent mostly in the garden preping up for the builders next week -gonna be good - hope they finish before the long weekend and this glorious weather holds. Long weekend/glorious weather perhaps shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence in advance...kiss of death and all that!

After works were completed we did a bit of weeding and tying up the Wisteria, that's when we noticed there were a few teneral Blue Tailed Damselflies around the pond. We downed tools and grabbed the camera.

 Tried sneaking up on some

 And got pretty close despite the heat. This one had just landed on the garage wall after its maiden flight of about 5 yards.

Full size straight out of the camera just a crop to frame the face...a real beaut...really pleased with this pic!!!

Frank had us playing footy later on and we heard a Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest and a couple of Blackcaps in the park; another Blackcap was in the Golden Triangle. Would have like a Spotted Flycatcher but they've probably all moved through quickly in this good weather.

An interesting looking isolated cloud formation developed on the way back down the hill.

Whilst out in the garden we kept an ear out for the gulls but they blatantly refused to find us a Honey Buzzard - the so-n-sos

Where to next? Moffy is on tonight...Lime Hawkmoths in the vicinity!

In the meantime let us know what's bubbling up in your outback.