DREAMER

It was yet another day from which there was little to report

but you can never say 

'BLANK'!

All from the Moth Traps was a

STREAMER 

 which inspired me to write some lyrics

"I said Streamer, you're nothing but a Streamer

Well can you put your hands on your head, oh no!" 

Am now going to send the full version to Supertramp and see if they can knock up 

a mellody to fit aroud them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dzmb4O67o8

Ah, that seems to have done the trick - just wait for the 'royalties' to flow in now!

 Otherwise, right outside the door the

 ROOKs

 continue to be excellent value

 A little further afield and having missed the first manifestation of new new

LITTLE GREBE

today we caught them

bang to rights

 Nest Building

and hope in the next 10 to 15 days to bring you some images and footage of

maybe the full process and hopefully the

HUMBUGS

the colloquial term for baby Grebes!

Not at all a common sight at any of the ponds here despite breeding right next door at

Bournemouth International Airport a

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL

dropped in for a bit of a dhobie!

 On the Heath where we found a free flying

ENGRAILED

 and a distant daytime flying

Common Heath

the

WOODLARK

continue to abound while remaining very much 

Camera Shy

Mobility rather than Shyness was the 

bugbear with one of the numerous and vocal

WILLOW WARBLER

but when the record shows you have never videoed one before,

to gain a 'first' they can be forgiven for that!

The small

BEE

on the entrance

gate to the

Solar Panel Compound

remains unidentified, but do know someone who may alleviate that,

while within we found our 3rd

 WHEATEAR

of the season

 which is the second female while

 CANADA GEESE

are no strangers here but have never been noted 'between' the panels before,

as a more familiar female

BLACKBIRD

continues with the nesting process - feeding young

A Good Day for Common Fare

but for Migrants - Forget It!

 Again it was a poor show from the 

MothTraps

with just c2 Insects but along with a Red Chestnut there was, for the second time this year,

something of a 'star'

 SCARCE PROMINENT

 is described in the literature as being

"Very Scarce (as the name already suggests) and Restricted Resident across Dorset"

so maybe we should be thanking heavens for having a colony on our patch!

It never ceases to amaze me how the presumed male

 CANADA GOOSE

 maintains this posture for most of the day stationed close to the nest 
where the female is incubating

and of the other waterbourne just a couple of male

 TUFTED DUCK

unless you want to be bored with more

Little Grebes and Coots!

 Additionally, the was a most obliging

GREEN SANDPIPER

 feeding in the margings before trying our luck at the

Sewerage Works Fence

with

GREY WAGTAILs

 seemingly showing off and a small host of other small birds including

 GREAT TIT

 COAL TIT

 and

 BULLFINCH

 ALL,

not surprisingly, in good voice!

 Along the strip of mature Oaks bordering the horse paddocks

 NUTHATCH

are still hard at it while strangely we have not seen

hide nor hair of a Treecreeper so far this Spring

while a few

BLUEBELLs

are also starting to push through

Linnets are now mob-handed across the Heath with Woodlark also seen daily

but still no signs of that Osprey, Red Kite or for that matter

Hobby across that 'BIG' Sky, so for now we will have to content ourselves with

 DARTFORD WARBLER

BLOOMING BLACKTHORN

 and the odd 'flying' aircraft

Bombardier Global

owned by Gama Aviation UK

At Home with the Ozoux's

It has been impossible to resist the opportunity of showing you a little more of my

New Found Friends

Roong and Jean Fracois Ozoux who live in Peninsula Thailand

but also have homes in  France and French Guyana

Thought best simply to portray as more or less a Pictorial 

 HOME in THAILAND

 A SELECTION of EXQUISITE PAINTINGS and DRAWINGS

 from

 Jean Fracois'

 Field Notebooks

sometimes tinged with elegance and humour

 Self Made and Designed Kimono

 along with a selection of  

 

since J F has also paid me a visit in sunny Dorset!

As Marilyn Manson might warble

"The Beautiful People - The Beautiful People"