Fire Brigade - The Move

With the temperature touching +26C at noon on the first of June, (a poet and we don’t even know it) there were no surprises as the Moths started tumbling in early morning!

LIGHT EMERALD

the rather bizarre

BUFF TIP

MILLER

the delightful

PEACH BLOSSOM

and a final beauty in the flesh

RUBY TIGER

with a larvae from the archive.
Again rather expected than a surprise, once again a mobile

GARDEN WARBLER

has taken up station at a site that has become traditional over every year since records began,

where the Heath meets the Eco Works but surely not the same bird?
We would have heard it louder and sweeter were it not for this

GUIMBAL CABRI CHOPPER
of Elite Helicopters directly overhead - if you live on top of an
International Aiport
what do you expect?
A few more Butterflies on the wing

such as this

COMMON BLUE
but only a single and unfortunately hapless day-time flying Moth a

COMMON HEATH

obviously invited to dinner by this young
DARTFORD WARBLER

Returning to the Airport just briefly there seemed to be nothing more than a

short squirt followed by a trickle from this
State of the Art Fire Engine
before our attention was turned to something far smaller

the remains of a presumed recently hatched

ROBIN's EGG
and likely a wide gape waiting to be fed while yet another

SLOE WORM

while all else included this

ORANGE FRINGE SLUG

an absolutely 'cracking'

GREY WAGTAIL
at the Sewerage Works and another equally 'smart'

BLACK PHEASANT
and a couple of doodles with the usual

ROOKs

and

JACKDAW
through the closed window.

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis

 Back to reality and now rapidly cruising towards ONE MILLION HITS thanks to you ALL!

Not so much a Dawn Chorus as a Midnight Mass as a lone

SONG THRUSH
was belting it out, 'double four time' right across the Witching Hour (but plainly not this one) while at the Moth Traps things are starting to improve along with the more suitable overnight temperatures.

TREBLE LINES

with

SHEARS
both new arrivals for the year, another

PALE TUSSOCK
along with a couple of clusters of

COCKCHAFER

MAY BUG,

DOODLE BUG
call them what you will.
With all that attendant Bird Song we couldn't help but take the

CUCKOO WALK
On entering the Solar Panel Compoud it was immediately apparent that we had missed the

Event of the Previous Day

Shearer's at Work

(don't know if black wood is more or less valuable)

but leaving the EWEs as naked as the day they were born!

There is lambswool under my naked feet, the wool is soft and warm
gives off some kind of heat.
A salamander scurries into flame to be destroyed,
imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid.
The fleas cling to the golden fleece hoping they’ll find peace.
Each thought and gesture are caught in celluloid, there’s no hiding in my memory,
there’s no room to void

Carpet Crawlers - Genesis

All else of interest within were a decent number of

juvenile

STARLINGs

that had the good grace

to hang around for

a 'click' and a 'clip'!

On the way back there was time to clock this

GREY HERON
in the mist as the Gorila's were having a day off.

Passing a host of golden

BUTTERCUPs
we were then invited into the Fencing Centre to view their latest find.
(magic as knowing of my interests people report such things as this)

WRENs NEST

tightly packed between the fence panels awaiting sale.

With the area now cordend off and a notice placed,

looks like these 'nippers' will
Live to 'FLIGHT' Another Day!
Always worth a slight diversion into
Bournemouth International Airport where it was found both

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLs
and

HERRING GULLS
(at great distance)
are still incubating and where also the sharply contrasting

HORSE CHESTNUT CANDLEs
and one of the

BLACK PHEASANTs
(trying a disappearing act)
looked splendid in the late morning Sun - yes you remember Sun!

Wild Weekend - The Rebels (1963) Part 3

Never in our existance have we dedicated a complete post to just one Creature but as the light faded on our Magical Weekend this was surely the Show Stopper so make no apology for glueing on every video and still!

Brock the Badger

That younger animal was surely getting some grief from the presumed parent!

YES, you can get too much of a Good Thing but nice to have the option!