Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders

Trivia:- Anyone who has been associated with the Weymouth Music Scene

over the past few decades will be more than familiar with our dear friend

 ROBBIE McINTOSH

 who was a member of The Pretenders from 1982 to 1987.

 Some of his other contributions to Rock 'n' Roll have included

 the 'Wings' World Tour with

Linda and Paul McCartney

and the

John Mayer World Tour
Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Norah Jones
but always ready to play his

Local Patch
seen here with (from left) Adrian Milward (drums), Chris Lonergan (bass guitar),
Clive Ashley (saxaphone) and Steve Mutter ('self made' Natal Congas)

Best Wishes wherever you are Robbie.

and the BRASS concerned, a First for the Year

 BURNISHED BRASS

 GREEN CARPET

COMMON WAINSCOT

COMMON WAVE

MARBLED BROWN

PAEDERUS LITTORALIS

TREE BUMBLEBEE

and one that posses something of a problem, so we are told.
Said most likely to be
ACORN WEEVIL
Curculio glandium,
without the benefit of 'disection' it could also be
NUT WEEVIL
Curculio nuncun

Thanks again to John Gifford
The question is, "just how many more times are the Gravel Pit and
Irrigation Pond going to throw up Avian Goodies"?

With the usual stealth of a Bull Mammoth in Musk, we quietly crept up to the GP only to flush a small Duck, initially thought likely to be a Teal which, luckily, returned to the very same subsidiary pool it had sprung from. This late in the year that in itself would have brought its own rewards, but anyway there were now c3 of them. Peering over the gravel bund that part surrounds the pit those on view could be clearly seen as

 a 'pair' of

GADWALL
(male above, female bellow)

likely those that have been knocking about all year?

However, that first bird was surely 'smaller' than these so the search went on

but not for long as just 2 camera clicks later the 'first bird' again

took to the wing and seemed to head for the IP.

Sure enough, there it was with its 2 pals, a splendid looking

male

GARGANEY

While the other 2 left as quickly as they had arrived

this handsome chap

decided to stay for most of the morning.

A 'first' for Parley Court Farm

but not tolerated by the resident, and now nesting,
COOTs.

With a far more tolerant
BLACK-HEADED GULL

Right, that seems to have sufficiently
FLOGGED IT TO DEATH!

LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY

were also on the wing which brought up the sum total of
anything else new to report.

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