At the End of the Day - Mike Rutherford

Disaster manifested itself very early this morning as arriving Harbins at 06:00, as well as the temperature having fallen to 6°C, there had also been an 'all night' power-cut at the Farm Yard rendering 2 Moth Traps out of action. Despite that there were still 39 species returned from the other 3 and as will be seen some of them notable. Even at that hour the local

SPARROWHAWK

was already harassing local and migrant SWALLOWs alike, but to the traps.

SMALL DUSTY WAVE

SINGLE-DOTTED WAVE

WILLOW BEAUTY
have been daily fare of late

and we also caught our 6th
OLD LADY
(not including my private life)
of the season. A bit of a favourite to make sure the count of this species
is accurate a small white mark is placed on the upper wing to distinguish

any that are re-traps.

Then the Good Stuff

SALLOW

was quickly followed by a rather scruffy

CENTRE-BARRED SALLOW

and then, because lightning never strikes the same place twice
a third of the family

PINK-BARRED SALLOW

all were additions to the Property List and while 3 new species in

one day is not unusual, they being all of the same family group is!

HARLEQUIN LADYBIRD

along with a total of 15

WORKER HORNETS
These 2 seemed to be having a fine old time

with a little kissing and cuddling along with some mutual preening

and not to mention a spell of
Soixante-Neuf

I told you not to mention that!

Returning to the Farm House to discuss the mornings findings and enjoy a coffee with Lynn, the House Keeper in the absence of Hugh and Janet,a large bird flew along the bund which separate the garden from  the River Stour. My first reaction was Bittern but, dashing for the door, binoculars and camera, in that order, an

OSPREY
was seen flying along the watercourse. It was seen again very briefly
over the next 3 hours, but your 'sluggish' correspondent was unable
to capture an image.

Never mind! Good reason then to re-visit the 2012 Australia Photo File

to bring to you an idea of what an

OSPREY
looks like.
A couple of shots, taken before Hugh and Janet's departure, and overlooked

show the arrival at PCF of the
CH12CKS- MOBILE
carrying a precious cargo.

c14 CHUCKLETS, saved from the Soup Kitchen, to replace those
killed by Reynard.
"that was a Base Pedal Solo by Michael Rutherford
this is"

 At the End of the Day 
from Rutherford's first solo album (1980)
click the link for a musical treat.

 SMALLCREEP'S DAY
feat. the incredible voice of Noel McCalla.

 MIKE RUTHERFORD
 Oh Man! or is it OMAN

The view from Hugh and Janet's Hotel Room

INDIAN SILVERBILL

EGYPTIAN VULTURE

Grasshopper Sp????
and from our Mate Willie Wine, another series of images showing
Now and Then scenes of various locations in Great Britain and France
during World War II in comparison to the present day.
First out of the hat was a place familiar to me from a Past Life

 Weymouth Sea Front just before D-Day

and the same area now!

Thanks Willie, most interesting.

so Finally a Wildlife Wow!

 Peter Simon Pallas
(22 September 1741 – 8 September 1811)
was a German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia
and is familiar to most Bird Watchers if only for lending his name to the dainty
Pallas's Warbler, but how many have encountered
Pallas's Cat
I do believe this link was first brought to our attention by James Lidster.

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