A very quiet day, not even many flies to be seen. Jays still very active.

I concentrated on looking at the undersides of leaves of various tree species. Even that was not particularly rewarding today. On the underside of a Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) leaf I found the larval case of a Coleophora moth, possibly the Small Elm Case-bearer (C. badiipennella). Although the larvae feed primarily on elm (Ulmus) species, it is also known to feed on maple (Acer) and ash (Fraxinus) species, as well as blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).

Sycamore leaves are hosting large numbers of tiny juvenile Cepaea snails. At this stage of the growth cycle it is almost impossible to determine whether individuals are White-lipped Snail (C. hortensis) or Brown-lipped Snail (C. nemoralis).

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