Tuesday 15 September 2015

Fox on the Run - Sweet

FOR FOX-SAKE!
If it keeps on raining the Levee's goin' to break,
If it keeps on raining the Levee's goin' to break,
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay.
APPALLING is about the only adjective to describe the overnight weather which once again amounted to heavy and almost persistent rain, driven by a gale-force wind albeit low on the Beaufort Scale. The same word was being conjured applying to the Moth Traps, as we reached the end of the fourth with all to show being
 MAGPIE
and
 ROSY RUSTIC
that, however, was before arriving at the penultimate egg tray
deep in the bowel of the 5th and last which produced a far more
striking and obliging
 PINK-BARRED SALLOW
 than yesterday's individual.
Right along side of that was this
FROSTED ORANGE 
yet another addition to the 
Recording Area Year List.
Sporadically wet, continuously windy but with a little success that was the
story of the Moth Traps followed by a visit to the
Irrigation Pond
to where a lone
GREEN SANDPIPER
 had returned and was found in the company of a
 PIED WAGTAIL
and
RABBIT
Further on, the Gravel Pit was all but devoid of Birds
but a movement in the corner of the eye revealed a
 FOX
heading for the undergrowth then changing its mind.
A short wander through the long grass to Merritown Heath produced both
 RED ADMIRAL
 and
PEACOCK
BUTTERFLIES
while on the Heath
DARTFORD WARBLER
and
STONECHAT
were both quick to appear which certainly hasn't been the trait
in recent weeks.
 Another
FIELD VOLE
was found under one of several sheets of corrugated metal, while at the
Bournemouth International Airport Perimeter Fence
there was a small gathering of juvenile Stonechat
among which was a long awaited addition to our Bird List here.
 WHINCHAT
is a common enough migrant which up until today has remained a total strange
to both Parley Court Farm and Merritown Heath.
Just to maintain a high degree of ego and kudos, we would describe our own images
 
of the bird as PATHETIC so the 2 above are drawn from Wiki for illustration. 
There are at least 2 Families of
KESTREL
which have reproduced on the Heath this year, but apart from in the
'high tops' of the surrounding Pine Trees they are rarely seen
at perch.
 Today was an exception, but as can be seen by shift of location this
individual was also a bit mobile.
It is thought that today added credence to the adage
IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY ANY GOOD!
we done alright!
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good.
Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good.
Cus when the Levee breaks, mama, yer gotta move!
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GREAT to see you back and bringing memories of heady nights in Bucharest! CHEERS.

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