Thursday 20 February 2020

Bird of Prey - Uriah Heep

from the album 'Salisbury'
Another gloomy and showery day brought no more to a morning in the field
than what has of late been the norm! All of minor note was the pre-dawn screeching
of one, or maybe both, 
KESTREL(s)
 which are garden birds here. The bonus came when opening 
the door to welcome the new day and watch one of them plunge to earth catching
(most likely) a
SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE
An abundant Mammal here with no fewer than 28 burrows under my 
home alone and where they are occassionally fed.
                                       A few more images from the archive s’il vous plaĆ®t.
For the last 4 years they have successfully bred in the stable,
no mor than a stone's throw from here, and what a delight to watch the progression!

 Last Years Juveniles
 and
 their
MISFORTUNES
 
 a waterlogged juvenile male
 SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE
 Back to 'the' day and all else was mechanical including the continuation of the hedge trimming,
 Roadside Verge Motocross
 and the
 change-out of some
 Solar Panel Transformers