Against the Odds - Phil Collins

With the Rain in Spain and the Wind in the Willows we could have done well without an 'electrical' and a 'mechanical' problem as well! The Farm Yard wiggly-amps were still down until late evening and then the St-Range Rover started playing up, we feel an overdraft coming on!! Had all 5 traps been firing on all 6 cylinders it is doubted that the catch would have been any better, given the weather, but it's that early morning search that provides the excitement. Still we sallied forth, what you might call A the O!

Nothing new for Year or Property but a sprinkling of things that could have flown in from a bit further afield?

 SILVER Y

 VESTAL

 of which is said, the lighter the colour the further they have travelled.

 Maybe a very distant wanderer then?

 Also on the small side

PALE MOTTLED WILLOW

and a 'local' for sure
MAIDEN'S BLUSH

in addition we had a

COMMON CARDER BEE
before tripping off to the Solar Panel Compounds.

Not a lot doing except for the now regular (mostly young)

GOLDFINCH
and

GREENFINCH
enjoying the abundance of Thistle heads.
Then at long last the the long awaited addition to the 

FLYBE FLEET

SPIRIT of BOURNEMOUTH
was, some weeks ago now, the first to sport their new livery,
since when the combination of me, the camera and it hadn't
materialised until today.
Onward to Merritown Heath
and first up a very brief appearance but nice surprise.

FIELD VOLE

or as some authorities have it

SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE
For some days now the prospect of a Fungi Forage has been muted,
so it was thought a short reci might be in order.

First up was a case IT finding ME rather than the other way about.

The striking

FLY AGARIC
is easy to spot, once you've seen it!

MERRITOWN WOOD
and what little was seen took some finding.
All 'identifications' are credited to John Gifford except for the

Slow Worms
which are just about manageable. 

TRAMELES (species) likely HIRSUTA

An interestingly 'covered' fallen branch which to me is
MOSS (left) LICHEN (right)
it just ain't as simple as that, in fact it is darn right difficult.

BRYOPHYTE species (left) and possibly

PUNCTELIA BORREN  (right)

Our final specimen is still in the 'mix' as far as identification is concerned,

so for now at least we won't be tossing it into an omelette.

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