Friday 13 August 2021

Dull as Ditch Water

 Still the lack of action subdues the Post as out of the

Early Morning Gloom
flew the
Coastguard Helicopter
and the patter of tiny feet as the 3 younger
APRENTICES (Josh and Sophie)
came to visit after a full year's absence but Oliver proving camara shy.

Reaching the Heath was more like walking into Mordor and immediately scarring the

ROE DEER
looking as if suckling her Fawn?
However, the gloom was somewhat dispelled when catching sight of a f.f.y.
MOCHA
in the first trap then followed by a
GREAT DIVING BEETLE
along with a second f.f.y.
COPPER UNDERWING
From there things went rapidly down-hill as they have been doing for a number of days now so a visit to the Airport to look for any signs of Gulls.
There were c2 juvenile
HERRING GULLS
with a still sitting parent bird making it the worst season ever for breeding at this site.
There were a couple of
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLs
as well which have never been recorded breeding here.
There were also c9
juvenile
MOORHENs
along with a single adult bird but apart from evidence of the
WOOD PIGEONs
shaping up to have another go at procreation there were only the
MUTE SWAN FAMILY
including the albino cygnet wallowing in the main pond.
It looks nothing like things are going to take off soon, but we will still be out there giving it a go.

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