Tuesday 2 August 2022

Twilight Time - The Platters

 Heavenly shades of night are falling, it's Twilight Time,

Out of the mist your voice is calling, it's Twilight Time.

The time chossen to drive around to the Heath to have a final check on the much neglected (this year)

NIGHTJAR
with this trio of images for illustation only as expectation, or should that be 'hopes',
would be of locating 'juvenile birds' but there was an interuption.
Along one of the fence lines was spotted this
CUCKOO
looking like almost in 'display' but considered unlikely so put it down to preening.
Either way, it seems unlike that we will see another until next Spring as:-
"In July away I fly, in August away I must"!
On arrival and taking up one of the poll positionsthere were, as expected, no flying or vocal birds only a single addult seemingly coming out of 'roost' we turned our attentions to the tracks
which always seem to be favoured by these 
Young Birds c3 in all........

Nowhere near as productive early morning at the traps with this our 3rd

DEWICK'S PLUSIA
being "best in show" along with a juvenile
BLACKBIRD
hunting on the lawn while the
ROWANs
are becoming increasingly showy and a very brief appearance of a
ROE DEER
and another very brief showing of an adult
LITTLE GREBE
on the Gravel Pit
"now yer see 'em - then you Don't"