Failing a Target: Sometimes you must admit defeat

No pictures in this one, I'm afraid, as the target species has, in no doubt, failed.

In fact, I'm pretty sure I've failed on two species here, but I still have the chance to find the larvae of one species, so I shall not mention that one yet.

So, the failed species was a micro, known as Sycthris siccella, known only from Chesil Beach. The larval tubes can be found in April & May, while the adults can be found in May & June. While we do still have some time in June left, I highly doubt I shall get the chance to have a fourth shot at trying to find this species.
So yes, I have tried (only) 3 times for this species this year, always failing, finding larvae of other species, plus adults of more other moths, but no S. siccella.


Anyhow, on a not-moth topic, I had a good evening last night.
I went out to get some caterpillar food for some of my heathland species at Hardys Monument, it was about half 9, and so, undoubtedly got distracted by moths, sadly, I had no net, and only had 4 pots, so my success in catching moths was low, but as I was flailing about, I heard a churring.

Any churring at night (or dusk) is almost certainly a Nightjar, as this one was. Sadly, he was quite far away, and out of sight for me.

Anyway, I kept walking, getting distracted by Brown Silver-line and Grey Pug, then I heard the churring again. I took a few steps back, and there, 100m or so away, was a Nightjar. My first actual sighting of one (I've only heard them before).
As I was watching them, bats starting flying around me, my ears slightly picking up on some of their calls, and then I heard a rustling under a tree about 10m down the path. I presumed it was a Roe Deer, as I'd already seen 5, so I gave it no notice and carried on watching the nightjar.
As the nightjar finished it's song and flew off, I decided to head on down the path. The rustling was still there, so I coughed, so not to spook the deer. It seemed to pay no notice, and carried on rustling.
I shined my torch in the direction, and two my surprise say two Badgers rooting around.
I don't really know why I'm that surprised, but it was nice to see, and spent a further 5 minutes or so watching them snuffling in the bush, before crossing the path in front of me and wandering into the forest.