SHEEP (Part I) - Pink Floyd

 'Sheep' - from my personal favorite Floyd album 'Animals'
Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away.
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air.
You better watch out,
There may be dogs about! 
There was overnight notification of a day visit by our friend Dave Foot, who knows full well
he is welcome here at Parley Court Farm at any time, and which always spells a busy and interesting day.

On the Moth front, the priority on any day visitors or not, without a doubt the best night of the year thus far and the first time we have reached 'the ton', 42 species of Macro Moth totaling 103 Insects.

 CHINESE CHARACTER

 Could be overlooked as a bird 'dropping' and a comparison of size.

 DARK-BARRED TWIN-SPOT CARPET

 LESSER TREBLE-BAR

 SCORCHED WING

 RIVULET

 PUSS MOTH

 GREY PUG

 LOBSTER MOTH

 DARK SPECTACLE

 SMALL CLOUDED BRINDLE

DARK ARCHES

With a few specimens escaping between the identification process and 

clicking the camera, the above list doesn't show all of the 20 additions to the Year List.

We may sort out some archive photos in the future.

Now it was just a case of wandering the Recording Area

and hoping for the best.

Dave was mightily impress by both the new location and the number of

nest holes (24) at the Sand Martin Wall and we quickly picked up on a couple of

Ringed Plover.

Unfortunately, save for half a dozen Mallard both the 

Irrigation Pond and Gravel Pit were devoid of bird-life - but ever onward!

WASP SPIDER NEST

THICK-LEGGED FLOWER BEETLE

LESSER STITCHWORT

WHITE-LIPPED SNAIL

With a couple of

SMOOTH SNAKES

putting in a show for Dave's visit.

Talk about perfect timing, we arrived at the Solar Panel Compound

just in time to witness the last few Sheep being sheared. 

a mixed flock of mainly

POLLED DORSET'S

Our day was by no means complete, but we will draw a line under it 

for now and bring you the other half tomorrow.

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