A Day at the 'Races' - Queen

Just like a kid on Christmas Eve, it was a night of intermittent sleep but before even 'showing a leg'

 PHEASANT

took pride of place as first on parade,

 and coming in a variety of plumage's this one has been

strutting his stuff locally for a few days now.

 The fluid songs of

 BLACKBIRD

 and

WREN

were heard before springing out of the hammock like the proverbial

Thomson's Gazelle 

and with the door flung wide open

WOOD PIGEON

GREEN WOODPECKER

 GREAT TIT

and

 HOUSE SPARROW

were logged.

As this appeared and making a necessary diversion to the

Moth Traps,

we found among the still meagre pickings 2 species

New for the Year

 MUSLIN MOTH

this specimen being something of a Max Whitlock of Lepidoptera

Beautiful Underparts

 IRON PROMINENT

 along with another

PIED SHIELDBUG

 With 2 of the traps sited close to the banks of the

River Stour

it was no surprise to hear, and later see,

 REED WARBLER

among the Sedge's, but unfortunately search as we did we could find no

Sedge Warbler among the Reeds.

MAGPIE

 BLACK-HEADED GULL

 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER

'If I Had a Hammer'

I'd

Trinidad "Trini" López III

one or two of them.

 COLLARED DOVE

 GOLDFINCH

lots of breeding pairs with the closest nest just outside the door.

 MOORHEN

unusually no signs of breeding, it's getting late.

 BLACKCAP

a good number have arrived, with a few establishing themselves here,

since late April.

 A little thin on the ground at this time of year, so a valued addition of

GREYLAG GOOSE

having said that these 2 have taken to flying close to 

Slight Return II

each morning for the past week so thought "well pinned down"!

CARRION CROW

brought up the final Bird Species for this episode 

but please tune in again tomorrow for 

Part Two it gets Better.

The first of the 4 Mammals noted on the day.

ROE DEER

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