A sultry day with some much needed rain this morning which was great as we planted loads more flowers in the wildlife garden yesterday. We have also discovered a colony of a rare longhorn moth that lives on Black Horehound (a type of non-stingy nettle) that fortunately we have a lot of!
Nemophora fasciella Horehound Longhorn by me
The Merganser is still in Aveley Bay and the reserve is alive with dragonflies now
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer