Friday 3 April 2020

Has the Spring Sprung?

Well, with the new month having crept in, with it came a
Little New Joy
as to kick off day 2 we found an
 EARLY THORN
in among the half dozen cluster of usual suspects
A Butterfly-like Insect which is not given to opening its wings while at perch,
we have to content ourselves with a side projection
 Another Lamb on the loose but this time with great skill and dexterity
it was me who managed to repatriate it with Mum
A very sunny and warm afternoon was ideal for another shot at 
Pheromoning for Emperor Moth 
which enroute, overlooking the already crowded stand, our trip coincided with the arrival of the
 BIG BOYS
 "There's a 747 coming out of the Night" - Saxon"
with c5 in all being squeezed into the already cramped conditions.
Made a bit of a cod's of the video but it was certainly the sound of
Cash Registers Chinking
once main engines were shut down.
Otherwise, a brace of
SKYLARK
on the heath were the birds of the day as we don't remember ever recording them landed there before?
Seemingly well satisfied with the large grassy areas of the adjoing Airport itself there is little need to stray.
The Coot still sits firmly at the Irrigation Pond on what we hope to be eggs and which may form the first new arrivals of the year for the Recording area.
Otherwise, the
 LITTLE GREBEs
are getting 'in the mood'
 as chasing each other from one end of the
Gravelpit
to the other, and yes he 'will' catch her eventually!
but not this time sonny
Now where's she gone?
More peromoning for Emporor Moth in the bright and warm Spring sunshine,
 but again without success
 while
PIED WAGTAIL
 find time for a spruce up
 and a feed while the
 MEADOW PIPITS
just stick to the later
(now you see it, now you don't)
in the now abandoned 
Solar Panel Compound
with the Sheep having been move to another area.
While there's no knowing when the next addition will be made to the list,
it seems somehow rewarding when it does, so the small squadron of c4
 SHELDUCK
 flying across a clear blue sky
was a welcome sight.
Before leaving the compoud some bird activity was noted across
the area of 'scrub' known as
The Triangle
and where 
STONECHAT
are only occassionally seen despite this ideal habitat away from the Heath
they have never yet been recorded breeding here
this pair looked like they were into the throughs of it already?
We will be watching!