Because They're Young - The Sequel

Wildlifing has been consigned to the back burner over the past few days, part of which was a visit to my family in Kingston upon Thames where additionally the was another birthday to celibrate as I commence my 70th year. With a little help we may be able to bring you the associated photographs but as things stand there is still a serious amount of "Communication Breakdown (it's always the same, Communication Breakdown it drives me insane") - Led Zeppelin.

A selection from the traps before we left.

 KENT BLACK ARCHES

ROUND-WINGED MUSLIN 

 DOT MOTH

DINGY FOOTMAN

 BORDERED WHITE

 and unusually a

DARK BUSH CRICKET

 What to some might be considered an equally unusual capture in a

 Moth Trap

this is the third year running we have secured 

BROWN HAWKER

in this fashion.

 First of our Feathered Friends 

 to draw our attention  was this watchful adult male

 KESTREL

Seemingly with something in his sight, it wasn't the expected

hapless rodent but at some distance it's

PRODIGY

A brief look at Parley Pond before beginning our day search in earnest

 turned up this young

 MOORHAN

thin on the ground this year but up on their close cousin the

Coot which have produced no young here thus far.

Before leaving Harbins we 'at last' caught up with some of the 

New Generation

GREEN WOODPECKER

which have enjoyed great

Breeding Success
this year.

In all there are estimated to be 4 or 5 pairs

 in the Southern Sector

 and likely more than that across

the North and Merritown Heath.

Being watched over by an attentive adult female.

Driving the perimeter fence of one of the

Solar Panel Compounds

 the whole section was alive with juvenile

 MISTLE THRUSH

 Don't know about you, but these birds in their

 'early plumage'

 really do something for me!

 Like many other species they have

 taken very well to the new found bounty that

this Natural Energy Source has brought with it!

Also abundant there

 somewhere in the region of

 20 - 30 juvenile

 PIED WAGTAIL

 having made best use of the redundant
Cable Drums
left over from the erection of the panels.

 There will be a request submitted to leave these in situ.
Just for good measure

 COMMA BUTTERFLY
and

CHICORY
Meanwhile at the Gravel Pit

 something of a 'creche' of young

 LAPWING

seem to be favouring the site with a maximum count of 28 there so far.

The day was growing long with the light fading fast

when we came across this gathering of juvenile

 SWALLOW

 Excellent value watching them react as the

 Parent Birds arrived with the groceries.

and to end on a therapeutic note

we have tried to capture the gentle rustle of
TREMBLING ASPENS

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