Birds, Leps, Observations & Generalities - the images and ramblings of Mark Skevington. Sometimes.

Sunday, 17 April 2022

Travel / Trip

I had a few days over in the Netherlands last week for some European football (albeit in the new third tier UEFA Europa Conference League, though we're in good company having already put out Rennes and not beating PSV Eindhoven in their home ground, with Roma coming up in the semi-finals). It's the first time I've travelled overseas since our Caribbean cruise in 2018, thanks to health issues and covid. Of course it was also the first post-Brexit experience in a European airport as a non-EU traveller .... Glad I don't have a need to travel for work anymore.

Whilst away the weather turned properly warm and sunny for a few days, though over the couple of nights that I've had the trap out since getting home you'd not think it. Poor catches and not much variety as yet.

Oak-tree Pug

Golden-rod Pug
A typically duff looking individual - abdominal plates checked.

Least Black Arches

Dromius meridionalis
The first non-lep in the trap that I've bothered to point the camera at so far this year

I've got some time off of work next week too, though we'll mainly be planting up our new raised beds and nipping down to Devon for a quick visit.

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