All in a Mouse's Night - Genesis

Bearing in mind all things come in 3's it would seem we published 2 Posts on the 14th but rather surprised there was no reactions from our peers reference the content? Reissued today, best brace yourselves for Senior Moment 3 coming to a Blog near you SOON!

Overnight Thursday, yes we are still in arrears, was about as good as it has been so far this year with the lowest temperature being +10°C, 8 okta’s cloud cover and not a breath of wind, but it wasn’t a mammoth haul of Moths that started the day! No, far from it as about to issue a Post while starting up with that 05:30 cup of coffee and then hearing

3 x 30 second reeling breaks from from the doorstep of an unseen

TURTLE DOVE

somewhere close to the River Stour just 70 yards away!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl9fSA58kks

An avian that thus far had not reached our Recording Area List and a full 2 years, almost to the day, since the last which amounted to a brace of

COMMON CRANE
flying in a North Westerly direction and being relocated by others the following day in NW Dorset. By no means a disappointment even though the expectations were higher than 2 f.f.y. with

SPECTACLE

makes you wonder where and why they drum up such names sometimes

along with the by-product of a

DOCK SHIELDBUG
while

MAIDEN'S BLUSH
is added again just for its delicacy and sheer beauty!

On the west edge of the gravel Pit there is a short promontory where, with a little stealth the

Potential Parental Activities

of the
LITTLE GREBEs
can be viewed at closer quarters having seeming already abandoned this nest, of which they can sometimes build 4 or more,

but are meticulous in construction stamping down as they go and

already have

one or more eggs, usually covering them with

Pond Weed.
In sharp contrast to all of that and passing the now dead remains of

DANDYLION CLOCKs
we decided to turn the Reptile Covers a couple of days early, but finding no Snakes or Lizards

but did get lucky with a

rather nippy

LONG-TAILED FIELD MOUSE
with pockets of

RED CAMPION
and

LORD ROBERT
(thanks John)
seeming to have sprung up overnight.
Finally, at 'lighting up time' we came across this

FOX

in the twilight as

PIPISTRELLE BATs
(borrowed image)
of one denomination or the other were intent on reducing our catch of
MOTHs.