The Green, Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones

Returns from the Moth Traps remain seasonable low, but on the bright side

the odd First for the Year does slip through the bad weather net.

This is what we refer to in England as

FLAMING JUNE

 SMALL FAN-FOOT

TREBLE BROWN SPOT

 and the Micro

 EUROPEAN CORN-BORER

Thought to be the Larvae of

YELLOW-TAILED MOTH

From a dew-soaked hedge creeps a crawly Caterpillar,

When the dawn begins to crack.

It's all part of my Autumn Almanac.

The Kinks

also caught in one of the traps.

An absolute delight to start our wander

 as close to the Sewerage Works

 we found this white (albino??)

 FOXGLOVE

not a variant we have ever noted in the Recording Area before.

There have been up to c10

 EGYPTIAN GEESE

in our area over the past few days, but a chance encounter with 

Greg, the neighbouring farmer, showed the number to be closer to c15.

 Young

 CHAFFINCH

benefit from the endless food supply in the Solar Panel Compounds'

from the likes of 

 MEADOW FOXTAIL

 ROUGH-STALKED MEADOW GRASS

 SMOOTH MEADOW GRASS

we thank our friend John Gifford for enlightening us as to identification.

 'Ragged' ROBIN

the breeding season is extremely tough on birds, particularly the smaller ones!

There are but 2 known

 ALDER BUCKTHORN

 within the Recording Area which at the moment are like many other

Plants are in full bloom. Not of a spectacular blossom but certainly enough

to attract many 'hundreds' of

 WHITE-TAILED BUMBLEBEE

and

COMMON CARDER BEE

the collective 'drone' could be heard at great distance.

On the drive back to Base we came across this

 juvenile male

 KESTREL

 which was attracting the attention and intolerance of a host of small birds.

Most daring of the c15 passerines present were

PIED WAGTAIL

with Greenfinch, Meadow Pipit and Mistle Thrush also a part of the group.

Restricted in our Ability to Maneuver

The Strange Rover

all of these images and video clips

had to be taken through the windscreen.

We'll have to drum-up another excuse for the rest!

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