Friday 7 April 2023

The Kids are Alright - The Who

 There was some overnight rain but nothing to wright home about and nicely balanced by the +10C temperature almost throughout! Unfortunately this was not reflected at the 2 home Moth Traps with only a single Insect between them, but ever onward! At the Solar Panel Compound a turn in the right direction as this

STREAMER
was our second ever and followed in quick time by a First for the Year
PALE PINION
More common fare included numerous and vocal
CHIFFCHAFF
CARRION CROW
finding something edible between the panals?
On leaving was where our luck changed again as a seemingly lone and unseen
WILLOW WARBLER
was knocking it out
Double-Four-Time.
It is at such moments that the thoughts of a 'Hat Trick' might be on the cards but all we could muster was this lone and not very obliging
STONECHAT
Home for a coffee the 3rd of the Hat Trick did manifest itself but not in a way that was a expected. Seen before they even knew I was at home but with nothing in the way of a Bolt Hole I was obliged to answer the door to my
3 APPRENTICES
who loved our forays out into the wild but find they don't have time for all their passions and interests. The little girl is well away with her qualifications in the world of dance while the lads, both having played for Bournemouth Cherries have found themselves 'poached' by 2 quite seperate accadamies - Well Done all 3, but that was not the end of it. As regular reader may remember we have been surprised at the appearance of a few Pheasants in the garden this year but even more so when they took me by the hand to show me in a most outrageous location the
Children's Play Area
the nest of the afore mentioned
PHEASANT
holding 4 eggs with a 5th,
damaged beyond repair.
Along with that there were also the
First Signs of
GREEN ALKANET
and the rapidly fading
DAFFODILS
maybe reason enough to publish one last image
and then begin the wait until next year for more!