Kind Hearts and Coronets - Alec Guinness (et al)

The overnight temperatures continue to hover in the lower teens, but not helped at all by the persistent breeze which remains prominently in the northern quadrant. A few more Macro Moths have been added to the Year List which have included

 CORONET

 another little crack which the image belies its size

 FOXGLOVE PUG

 COMMON SWIFT

 OAK HOOK-TIP

 ORANGE FOOTMAN

and we are never shy of posting any of the Hawk-moths, so here once again is

 LIME HAWK-MOTH

 which obligingly showed us its underparts,

while this

LUNAR MARBLED BROWN

started laying eggs so was quickly returned to the nearby grassland.

For reasons that as yet have not become apparent, a huge BUND is being

built around 2 sides of the area we refer to as 'Behind Eco. On the face of it

a tract of waste-ground which, mainly because of lack of human disturbance,

becomes home for a good number of bird species here at Parley Court Farm.

 Works have been ongoing for nearly 2 weeks now

 and are thought to be nearing completion.

 If nothing else all this disturbed soil has provided a 

Welcome Bounty

for the hundreds of bird, and other creatures, now feeding young.

When we find out more we will bring the information to you.

Before leaving this usually productive area we did find yet another
 family party of

 MALLARD
along with a Plant we had never even heard of let alone noted.

 Thanks to John Gifford we find it is

LESSER HAWBIT
and additionally a few, now becoming endangered, 

 SMALL HEATH BUTTERFLY
on the wing.
It was also encouraging to see that for the 'third' time this year the

 COOT
at the Irrigation Pond have now completed nest building and one or
other of the adult birds are 'sitting'. Unfortunately, we have been here
twice before so are not raising our hopes just yet.

 MALLARD
looking a little mottled as a good few of them are now, approaching moult.
A year ago now, when the

 BALANCING POND
was being excavated within the bounds of
Bournemouth International Airport

hopes were high that one day something special might visit the area?
 Small beer yet, but already we are seeing signs of
Aquatic Plants
taking hold and who knows it might be Spotted Crake next!

 For the time being  we will have to content ourselves with these new arrivals

 GREY HERON

and
SHELDUCK

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Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix

With the overnight temperature still remaining in 'low double figures' production from the the Moth Traps continues to be interesting compare with the season thus far. So much so that time has prevented us posting all of the images, which will be rectified in due course. First call of late has been to monitor the progress of the

WREN
family which are prone to building a number of nests before deciding on which should
be occupied for the production of their young. GREAT to see then that
they have chosen the one built above the
Harbins Farm House
backdoor, and are now engaged in feeding young.
Some of those taken from the traps and added to the Year List included

GARDEN CARPET

TURNIP MOTH

SETACEOUS HEBREW CHARACTER 
and

BUFF-TIP
 on
FINGER-TIP
all making the cut as additions to the Year List,
while the stranger in the camp is a


COMMON CARDER BEE
Onward, and our first find of the day, outside of Insects was a

 GREY HERON

at
 Parley Pond

where it was also noticed just how quickly the

PARROT'S FEATHER

has grown over the past week.
On our way north we stopped to note the progress on the

Aircraft Black Box Recorder Factory
where they are certainly getting on with it as 'all' of this steel has been
erected in just one week!

At the Irrigation Pond the Coot continues to incubate eggs while the pair of

CANADA GEESE
at the Gravel Pit

maintain this strange 'low profile' stance whether ashore or on the water.
Along the Moors River, except for Wood Pigeon, there are no birds to see
but this rather bold

 FOX

seemed little perturbed about our presence even though aware that we were there,

even allowing for these

Video Clips.
On the Heath, what can clearly be seen as a pair of

 SHELDUCK
(top left)
constitutes the first record of this species for the site.

 LINNET

looking resplendent
and

GREEN TIGER BEETLE

taking to the wing at just about every foot-fall.

and pregnant
BELTED GALLOWAY 18

still keeps us in suspense?

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Video Killed the Radio Star - Buggles

Just what we have been waiting for, a significant rise in the
Overnight Temperature
has seen a marked increase of specimens from the
Moth Traps

 COMMON WAVE
has already been caught this year but this is a much better image. 

 WHITE ERMINE

also caught before this year but here for comparison with its nearest relative

BUFF ERMINE

which was new. Also added to the Year List were

 COMMON WAINSCOT

 YELLOW BELLE

and

 LEAST BLACK ARCHES

which may appear bigger than it really is until compared, size wise to a

FIVE PENCE COIN

which wasn't a Year Tick either!

EYED HAWK-MOTH

preparing for 'take-off'.

Friday evening also saw the start of what goes under the guise of the

BOURNEMOUTH RUGBY 7's COMPETITION

Said to be the Biggest Festival of its Kind in the World,
it combines Sport and Music and from report a Great Time!
THE TENT VILLAGE

 Unlike last year, which was a massif success, there is far more security fencing

all round the sight blocking the view to most of the attractions.

THE BIG TOP

 LIGHTING and SOUND EQUIPMENT

We did make a bid to enter and gain more images but were 'rightly'

given short shrift by the Security Guards.

Otherwise, the rest of the day was spent pointing the

Video Camera

at anything that moved.

We have been asked on a number of occasions as to how you can play videos on this site, and far be it for us to educate anyone in the fine art of computers, all we know is you need something like

ADOBE FLASH PLAYER DOWNLOAD

click this Link, follow the instructions and

The World's Your Scallop Rodney!

CANADA GOOSE FAMILY

Male and Female

SHELDUCK

SONG THRUSH

Male (black and white) and Female

TUFTED DUCK

MEADOW PIPIT

STOCK DOVE

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