August staycation!

 August annual leave, which should have been spent in South Africa!, left me with a few days to spend locally. I set myself a target of 22 new species of birds, flowers, moths, grasshoppers, anything! 2 a day.

As it usually the case with these games, it starts off looking easy, then ends up a complete nightmare being stuck 1 or 2 short as the end of the week looms. My trips were mostly into the New Forest, and together with a moth trap session in the garden I eventually stumbled past the 22!

Highlights were Light Crimson underwing moth, Grey Bush Cricket, Woodland and Mottled Grasshopper, Marsh Gentian, Oblong Leaved Sundew, and Brown Hairstreak (at Shipton Bellinger).

Enjoyable, but hopefully I get to South Africa next year.

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