Dalgety Bay - autumnal air

Well shortly I shall be off to a village in the Danube delta to the birthplace of my beloved, where we shall pick fruit and veg from the garden, eggs from the chickens and honey from the bees, all the while watching the skies for migrating cranes, storks and raptors to the sound of bee-eaters on the washing lines. It will be so hard! (to come back ...)

Anyway, very quickly a chance to sprinkle a few more individuals onto the pile. Autumn is in full swing with grey skies and a bay full of returning waders - Turnstones looking very dapper still. The annual arrival of female Goosanders hit the bay too so those were nice to see this morning. Only one more bird species and I'll reach last year's properly poor tally of 90 before vismig really gets underway (still no Sand Martins or Tree Pips).

I expect by the time I get back we'll be in full "fungus and flies" swing with time for little else. I did manage to add a beetle or two though, which has been a pretty scarce occurrence this year.

Goosanders. Honest, guv.

Am I weevil? Yes I am

Numbers:

1115		coleoptera	Serica brunnea	Brown Chafer
1116		lep-moth	Crocallis elinguaria	Scalloped Oak
1117		diptera	Lydella stabulans	A tachinid fly
1118		hymenoptera	Ancistrocerus gazella	A wasp
1119		lep-moth	Blastobasis lacticolella	A micromoth
1120		lep-moth	Perizoma alchemillata	Small Rivulet
1121		lep-moth	Amphipyra pyramidea	Copper underwing
1122		lep-moth	Ypsolopha sequella	A micromoth
1123		lep-moth	Ypsolopha dentella	Honeysuckle Moth
1124		flowering plant	Fragaria vesca	Wild Strawberry
1125		cnidarian	Cyanea capillata	Lion's Mane Jellyfish
1126		coleoptera	Rhinoncus pericarpius	A polygonaceae weevil
1127		diptera	Tipula paludosa	Tipuloidea
1128		bird	Mergus merganser	Goosander

And a holiday-related tune which I can't get out of my head