Monday 4 November 2013

Tern It On Again - Genesis

A splendid finale to a terrific weekend, a Dampney Family Dinner
 From left Tristan, Zara, Daryl, Cath, Hugh, (matriarch)) Joan, Janet,
Piers and wife Jane, and who's that looking through the window?
At the other end Gavin and Sam
Now at last we can stand back and take a longer look at November there are a couple of additions that could be made to the Month Bird List, which were priority today. During this bout of inclement weather, 19mm of rain last night alone, only one Moth Trap is being set overnight and that under the shelter of the house. First up this morning was a new addition to the Property Moth List in the form of
FEATHERED THORN*
not uncommon at this time of year but nonetheless a welcome
addition to the list here.
Our 5th RED-GREEN CARPET
While this beautiful Insect has featured here a couple of times recently,
we doubt there will be any complaint about inclusion again.
A second posting of
HYDROPHILUS PICEUS
in four days mainly due to the size of this second capture. Twice 
the size of the first, and to give the reader a better idea here it is
with a 5 pence coin for comparison. The trap cleared it was quickly
on to the still swollen
 RIVER AVON
to face what turned out to be a difficult task of finding an
EGYPTIAN GOOSE
Both Canada and Greylag Geese were in close proximity of the bridge but had it not been for the new telescope the Egyptians would not have been detected far down the valley. Next hopeful to be added to the November List was thought possible just a 10 minutes drive away at Mudeford Quay, where on arrival I met a fellow 'birder' down from Watford, 105 miles away, looking for the same bird.
We didn't have to wait long but it was at great distance
luckily heading our way.
This ROSEATE TERN
has been at this location for over 3 weeks and now
qualifies as the latest record of this species ever in the county.
Green - The Birds of Dorset states "There have been a number of records in the county during successive Octobers but only one later than the 10th. This relates to c2 'first winter' birds seen at Portland Bill on the 22nd of the month in 1997.
An obvious abundance of food here must be largely reason for
this tardiness as the tiny Sand-eel endorses in these
Hunting Shots.
 
 Only if you have a way of magnifying this image might you see
the Sand Eel in the Tern's gape.
On the way back I was amused to see this authentic
TUK-TUK
outside of the Lord Nelson public house in Mudeford Village.
Back at Parley and the subject turned to FUNGI
with all of these specimens confined to
Janet's Horse Paddock.
Some strange movement from the Stat Counter as we welcome Finland back to the fold while loosing Estonia after a long attendance. UK has been in the Doldrums for a while, recording well below the 1000, but springs back today as the USA takes a dip. Nevertheless, it is GREAT to see those who do take a peek from time to time from wherever in the World - THANK YOU!
Entry          Pageviews
United Kingdom
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United States
                482
Germany
                  45
Canada
                  17
Netherlands
                  17
Ukraine
                  15
Australia
                  14
France
                  14
Belgium
                  11
Finland
                    8

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