Trittiford mill pond and Birding adventures from near and afar : Merveille du Jour

I was very excited to put the Moth Trap on after being in Wales I had missed my Moths but wasn't expecting anything as the winds were due to get up and was cooler.
Woke up early about half five and went to check trap took one glance and saw this most amazing moth ever bright green and amazingly marked, Merveille du Jour, what a beautiful name for a beautiful moth, potted him and went running upstairs with him, Dave said you have something I said nothing and just passed him the moth, bless him he was still sleepy and looked at it then his eyes just lit up and said Merveille du Jour lol the both of us was like children on xmas day, my first ever one and only Dave's second ever a dream moth and one that every Mother wants, the excitement was just untrue couldn't wait to photograph him later :)
Also had quite a few Lunar Underwings, getting them every night now also pretty moths :) and another nice Angle Shades on the sunday crispy leaf moth can never see too many of these moths, we had Eleven of them in the trap a couple of weeks ago such stunning moths :)
You would think that the day couldn't get any better than this lol We went for a walk over Seeswood and Dave spotted something big then he said Red Underwing and there it was perched on the fence with it's red wings showing , wow another beautiful moth and lifer and one I had always wanted was over the moon, it flew before I could get a photo I was just happy to see it.
Also another bonus today was at Whittleford Park, we saw a Water Vole swimming in the River my first ever one, another very exciting moment.
What a day, Totally a Dream day to think we were going to go to Cornwall but the birds that were there had gone and bad winds forecast we never went but even though they would of been lovely birds, I got just as much if not more enjoyment out of the day we had, love my moths so so much, Merveille du Jour has become my Fav Moth, I still love all the moths I have seen but this moth is something special :)