Hero - LĪVE

YESTERDAY'S SUNSET

Since hearing their second album 'Throwing Copper' (which sold 8-million copies in the US alone) in 1994, I became something of an ardent admirer of the alternative, post-grunge, hard rock band LĪVE from York, Pennsylvania, USA. Since then I never did catch up with the first album 'Mental Jewelry' but was equally taken with their third offering Secret Samadhi, from which HERO is taken, both of which are often played endlessly!   

The correct title, slightly altered to fit the cause, is

Heropsychodreamer

Over the weekend there has been more movement of Military Aircraft, both new and old, than there was at the recent Bournemouth Air Festival. Unfortunately, due to my recent elevation to the Peerage it has been impossible to just stand there and 'click' away but we did secure a few interesting images.  

 It wasn't until downloading, editing and expanding this particular shot

 did we realise that the 'colours' of this

 TYPHOON FIGHTER JET

 contains the name of one of our World War II HERO'S
Flt Lt NICOLSON (Victoria Cross) just below the cockpit.

Salute to a HERO (Link) 

The best from the meagre pickings at the Moth Traps amounted to

 LESSER SWALLOW PROMINENT
and this female

 BLACK ARCHES
However, it would seem that with so many Traps being run across
the County, someone was going to 'dip in'.

 DEATH'S-HEAD HAWK-MOTH
from West Bexington.
Don't know who 'owns' the © but the image is published without
permission but with good intent!

 and from one of our ardent readers this splendid
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY
More aircraft started buzzing around as the day progressed

 but not really knowing what this is my guess would have to be

HURRICANE

 This also looked like a TYPHOON??
and Roy's been helping out again!
This image from yesterday is in fact a

Super Puma of the "Armee de l'air", French Air Force
and not a Royal Navy Helicopter as we suggested.

The local and pale
COMMON BUZZARD
now appears to have ousted the once regular bird from this perch.
Very few other Birds but a nice selection of Wayside Plants including

 BLACK HOREHOUND

 LESSER BURDOCK

 WATER CHICKWEED

along with the Flower and

 the Fruit of
WHITE BRYONY

PALAEOLUS Species

This FUNGI ids usually associated with animal droppings.

LIVE - Live at the Paradiso, Amsterdam 2008

Turn My Head can be found at Minute 39:40.

This track must have been listened to 'hundreds of time, but
never once without raising a TEAR!

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Female of the Species - Space

Perhaps to our own shame we seem to have been neglecting the banks of the River Stour during our perambulations, but we redressed that situation today. As ever the Moth Traps had to come first but even then there was a short intermission when, as now being the 179th Heir Apparent to the Earldom of East Parley, (only while Hugh and Janet are in Russia) there was the small duty of taking a passenger to the airport. On my return there wasn't a huge number of Insects, but one or two of interest especially

CONVOLVULUS HAWK-MOTH

which is new to the List and brings up the 8th species of
Hawk-moth for our Recording Area.

ORANGE SWIFT

are now 'daily, but good to see a female (left) and male together for comparison.

RIBAND WAVE
along with

SETACEOUS HEBREW CHARACTER
are also being taken daily but both appear as nice examples of
very common Moths.

YELLOW BELLE
dosen't make for a addition to any of the lists but

did present something of an identification conundrum until it was
found out that a female, never seen here before, is quite different to the male.
Female of the Species - Space
Also caught was our 4th of the year

BROWN HAWKER DRAGONFLY
and

the prehistoric looking
TREEHOPPER
and then on to the riverside and first on view and first for a while

LITTLE EGRET

at some distance.

We have learnt this very day that c2 Cattle Egret have been seen at

the nearby Cowards Marsh so who knows we may get one here?

Super Puma of the "Armee de l'air", French Air Force

(juvenile) MOORHEN

If my memory serves me correctly (now that's pushing things a bit)

TANSY

REED WARBLER

are still feeding fledged young,

and sometimes it is just enough to stand and enjoy the view!

Among others, BUTTERFLIES were represented by

BRIMSTONE

and

Whoops, it's really a
COMMA

a vocal 

CHIFFCHAFF

signs of 'burst banks'

KINGFISHER

which in recent days have been favouring Parley Pond.

and

WILLOW WARBLER

before returning to the Farm House where the

Ornamental Rose Hedge

has shown a splendor of blooms and now an

abundance of fruit, much to the liking particularly of

Greenfinch

and

House Sparrow.

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