The Bagsy Blog: 05/30/16

Monday, 30 May 2016

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