Obscured By Clouds - Pink Floyd

Despite the drop in temperature and the lack of Insects in the Moth trap, it was a fine enough day for a wander around Longham Lake just a 5 minutes drive from the farm. While bird numbers there remain similar to my last visit it was surprising to see just how many of the dozens of young Tufted Duck had survived - seemingly most of them.

The 2 'scenic' shots on the Post today were rather more to show
the dramatic Cloud Cover than anything else.

TUFTED DUCK
remained distant but good to see such numbers of young.

A lot closer to hand what is considered to be an immature

BLACK DARTER

Probably more interesting than the Birds today were the Trees, 

Bushes, Insects and other Plant Life.

HOLLY
along with everything else was adorned with 'fruit'.

ELDER

CLOUDED YELLOW
my second of the year.

ALDER
not to be confused with Elder above, and

ASH
positively bowing under the weight of 'seed pods'.

COMMON BLUE DAMSELFLY

GREAT CRESTED GREBE

COMMON BLUE BUTTERFLY
on Trefoil Sp?

GREAT REEDMACE

SOFT RUSH (Juncus effusu)

The invasive Pond Weed
Crassula Helmsii

JOINTED RUSH (Juncus articulatus)
The identifications of the above Plants are attributed to my
Learned Friend and 'no' I'm not getting into Latin!

More 'drama' in the Sky
before continuing on to the River Avon (Hampshire that is,
not Stratford and Bill the Bard).

All there included
c27 EGYPTIAN GEESE

far outnumbered by an estimated 200
GREYLAG GEESE
which had been flushed from their 'out of sight' position in
an adjacent field.

Kind regards -- Chris

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