Out and about locally, yesterday, I came across this melancholy sight. It appears to be a Brick, which has well and truly impaled itself on a gorse thorn and was long dead by the time I found it.
Ouch! The sad demise of and unfortunate Brick.
Elsewhere, my winter GMS catch on Friday night were singletons of Winter Moth and Mottled Umber.
... and at a funny angle, but if it was a shrike, then it must have only been there briefly, as it is quite and enclosed spot, but I suppose, it might be possible. I collected the moth, so I'll have a look at it, to see if I can see any other damage to it. There were no other impaled creatures around the place that I could see.
Maybe there was a Great Grey Shrike about?!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that is self inflicted, surely it's Shrike?
ReplyDeleteI thought of that, but I really wouldn't regard the site as suitable for shrike.
ReplyDeleteTo be so impaled it would have had to have been flying at a fair speed ....
ReplyDelete... and at a funny angle, but if it was a shrike, then it must have only been there briefly, as it is quite and enclosed spot, but I suppose, it might be possible. I collected the moth, so I'll have a look at it, to see if I can see any other damage to it.
ReplyDeleteThere were no other impaled creatures around the place that I could see.