The Bagsy Blog: 04/16/15

Thursday 16 April 2015

Waders of the Lost Ark - Lucas and Kaufman

We have it on good authority that
George Lucas and Philip Kaufman
are planning a sequel to this Post entitled
'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

You could hardly see the Clear Blue Sky for the vapour trails as we started yet another search in the hope of some Moths. Guess all the additional Aeriel Activity must have something to do the the strike by French Air Traffic Controllers? They certainly form an interesting pattern.

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer, my grubby halo, a 'vapour trail' in the empty air.
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly, out of the corner of my watering eye.
A dream unthreatened by the morning light,
could blow this soul right through the roof of the night.
There's no sensation to compare with this,
suspended animation, a state of bliss.
Can't keep my mind from the circling skies,
tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

MAGNOLIA
everywhere looking good.
With this being the First Anniversary of the finding of Dorset's Second

BALSAM CARPET
we were hoping that things would 'buck-up' around the Moth Traps

which compared with all other days in the season so far, they did.
Best in Show included

HERALD

FROSTED GREEN

DOTTED BORDER

NUT-TREE TUSSOCK
and the incredible looking

STREAMER
Nothing new for the Farm List but all except Dotted Border
New for the Year.
In addition we had our first

COMMON WASP
of the Year,
it won't be the last, and first

CRANE FLY
(Daddy-long-legs)
and from a little further afield, but still in Dorset

SMALL EGGAR

SMALL EGGAR
Egg Mass

My informant tells me that the female, having jettisoned her eggs. then
sheds all of her body hair to form a protective coating for them.

Recon one or two of them Fly Boys must have accounts with the
HALIFAX

That's now a full 2 weeks of

MEDITERRANEAN GULLs
nowhere near the c49 on the first day of the month, but averaging
about 10 individuals daily.

GREEN WOODPECKER
Nest Hole

and lagging behind the Meds, a bit but no less welcome, this 'pair' of
EGYPTIAN GEESE,
thought to be the same 2 have now been seen on 8 successive days.

The Irrigation Pond
LAPWING
is still looking for a Mate.

It definitely ain't EXERCISE (as in I'm just going to 'Excersis' the Dog)
that I step in from time to time, but up on the Common owners can be
forgiven for not picking up, after 'emptying' their pet.
But what sort of 'perverse mind' firstly stoops to recover the droppings,
then carefully bags it, expertly secures the neck with a 'double sheet-bend'
and 'Matthew Walker knot' before offering it up, like a Christmas Bauble,
on the nearest tree for us all to enjoy.
It doesn't take much working out which end of the
LEASH the ANIMAL
is in some cases!
DOES EVERYTHING COME IN TWO's?

Lightning Strikes for a second time as there are now 2
SHELDUCK
on the Irrigation Pond, along with c2 'displaying'

LITTLE RINGED PLOVER

This intriguing 'brace' of
HERRING GULL

a 'full adult' right with a 'younger' bird, which might be described as

a 'Third Summer Type', showing some mottled feathers in the wings

and a pale tip still to the bill.

and a 'couple' of

GREEN SANDPIPER

are still knocking about.

I am now beginning to think, having had unrestricted access to the main

and largest Solar Panel Compound for a couple of weeks, that this area

might just become the

The INNER SANCTUM
having already hosted c4 Little Ringed Plover, Wheatear, a few Skylark,
a pair of Raven plus c10 Roe Deer but, there might be a snag.

This near perfect area, for certain Wading Birds in particular, is now also

'free access' to dozens of

SHEEP
"Yes Ewe".
Opening up yesterday, the whole flock were slowly trudging across the
gravelled area and by the time the padlock was re-secured my thoughts of
any birds had already been dashed.