It's the Woody Wood Pecker's Song

 With the Weatherman declaring a possibility of an 80% chance of rain at dawn the only options were turning over for another hour or getting on with the traps before it did start! Just as well as we saw an increase in Species on the prevous day, from 56 to62, but a drop in the overall total from 380 to 302. Additionally, there was another Magical Figure of no fewer than 135

SNOUTs

in addition to a couple new species for the year

BORDERED WHITE,
usually reluctant to spread their wing, along with

GREEN PUG
Otherwise the duty of Gate Keeper at the first compound fell to this obliging

SONG THRUSH

not as the name suggests in good voice

but willing to pose for Click and Vid as another conundrum was solved.
For a number of days now we have not been able to get our head around a familiar bird song when all of a sudden it dawned that they are

WOODLARK
both adult

and not long out of the nest.
Maybe for 'kindness sake' perhaps we could just call this a
Senior Moment?
Something of a disaster at the next compound where we found that the Shepherdess had stollen her hurdles back, which were defending the Moth Trap there from the Sheep, so had to spend time finding a substitute.

This time we did ask if we could have the Pallets provided by the

FENCING CENTRE

We have since recived the contract to rebuild the Taj Mahal.
Across both Northerly Pond nothing 'living' was found save for a covering of

ALGAE

while more
CANADA GEESE
transited the grey sky in sillouette.

Another fine looking Hog at the afore mentined Centre this time a
HARLEY DAVIDSON
while it looks every bit as if the

MUTE SWANs

have wrapped thier flipper's in as reguards raising a family?
On arrival back at Base there was not even time to switch the kettle on before

sneaking up on these

GREEN WOODPECKERs

feeding young

around the margins of the
Tennis Court

Out of Town - Max Bygraves

 The new Moths added to the Year List didn't acctually add up to a Pallet of Colour

such as
MAY HIGHFLIER

+ L-ALBUM WAINSCOT

but they all count especially with the vocals provided by at least 2 

CETTI'S WARBLERS

with one in part looking to be sporting juvenile plumage?

would make for a Good Start to any day and add to that variations on a theme a

BURNISHED BRASS
with a broken brown centre bar across the wings

and the other with complete bar.

Also at riverside what we bekieve to be

LARGE RED DAMSELFLY

AZURE DAMSELFLY
while down south the

ROE DEER
appeared to be getting very frisky.

At the Gravel Pit a Tale of the Unexpected

as at long, long last we found a couple of

COMMON SANDPIPER
(if we haven't made another 'faux pas' Dave)
Long overdue (forgotten) was the

NIGHTJAR
flushed on our side of the party fence with the Heath some 10 days ago, but to catch up from Dave's reports, while here over the weekend, a bag full flying all over the place

which we DO NOT go crashing through the bracken

to find them but if good fortune shines

we are ready to

Take Advantage.
Considering we had done well already, driving the perimeter fence inside of the
Solar Panel Compound
we found here that the Roe Deer were well beyound rutting with this

FAWN

having to be captured

through the fence and we leave you with a couple of startling images from others
with Bomber having had a splendid day with the

WOOD TIGER MOTHs
(many, many dozens we are told)
and a splendid

WOODCHAT SHRIKE
from we don't remember where but likely Bomber again or John or Dave?

Byrd Avenue - The Rocking Berries

 Still a bit adrift (behind) as it was

DARK ARCHES

that kicked the day off 

while

THE CAMPION
had heralded the first addition to the new month bringing hopes that
June Would Soon be Bursting Out All Over!

while of some concern as with April we only noted a single in May of the usually common
BUFF ERMINE

while the ever opportunist

PIED WAGTAIL
waited in the wings, or maybe more correctly

on the bonnet for a 'free snack'!

Keeping things in 'Black and White'

we had a little company while monitoring the

Moth Trap
stationed within the Solar Panel Compound

these c2

LAPWING
but without sight of Nest or Chicks

we refrain from searching for such things for fear of damage.

Skein of Unidentified Geese over the Panels

and also within, evidence of

BUZZARD MOULTING
while 'with' evidence in 'Black and White' of more escapee

LAMBs
while along various hedgerows the

BRAMBLE / BLACKBERRY

are in
BLOOM

HAWTHORN

in
FRUIT
while this

MULLEIN
could be as tall as me within a week or two?
"Yes, all 3 foot six"
and as a finale a free-flying

PRIVET

HAWK-MOTH