Fox v Cat stare-out competition!

This morning at the station a cat was sat on the platform near the tunnel looking at something and, following its gaze I saw a Fox sat in the grass. Nearby there were more Cinnabar Moth caterpillars on the Ragwort plants and on the wall was a tiny spider called Theridion varians - a pretty little thing but this species has loads of different colours so not easy to identify. A Coal Tit was singing this morning too, not that common at the station, tending to prefer the park.

Hidden Fox

Crouching cat

Cinnabar Moth caterpillars

Theridion varians

Last night I had the following moths in my trap:
Knot Grass 2
Chrysoteuchia culmella 2
Ermine moth sp. 1
Anania coronata 1
Probable Common Rustic agg.
Grey/Dark Dagger
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Riband Wave 3
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Heart and Dart 3
Marbled Beauty 2
Large Yellow Underwing 1
Probable Cabbage Moth 1
Coronet 1
Dark Arches 1

Knot Grass

Anania coronata

Coronet

Another baby Robin!

A recently-fledged Robin was in the park this morning - so evidence of a second or third brood for one lucky pair! A Blackcap was singing too and there were a couple of Woodpigeons and Collared Doves.

Juvenile Robin

The moth trap produced 3 Silver Y, a Harlequin Ladybird, an Anania coronata micro-moth, an Uncertain/Rustic, a Common Footman, a Copper Underwing sp. and a Lesser Yellow Underwing. A small Crambid moth (I assume) also caught.

Anania coronata

Copper Underwing sp.

Common Footman

Crambid moth?

Silver Y

Lesser Yellow Underwing

Harlequin

Uncertain/Rustic

This evening a Blackbird sang very briefly - mid July is usually the cut-off time for Blackbird song in my experience.