Mouldy Old Dough - Lieutenant Pigeon

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Another reasonable haul from the traps after a warm night of

little rain and only a light breeze. However it's quiet a different 

story 'out in the field' where the 

Summer Doldrums 

are now setting in with little to see outside of

Plants and Insects.

Firsts for the Year included

 LESSER YELLOW UNDERWING

 and the tiny migrant

 SMALL MOTTLED WILLOW

 LIME HAWK-MOTH

is always of interest even if not an addition for the year.

During the process of the Traps there was a fly-over of an

AIRBUS A-400 'ATLAS'

RAF Cargo Aircraft. 

A short wander along the

RIVER STOUR

 did produce one of the Kingfishers breeding here, but all too fast

for the cameraman!

Along the bank we found both

 BULRUSH

maybe not surprisingly and

 some dense patches of

LARGE BINDWEED

before heading north to The Common where things, as previously mentioned

are getting 'very quite'.

Both

CHIFFCHAFF

 and

 WILLOW WARBLER

are still in full song,

while on the Heath the

 BELTED GALLOWAY CALF

goes from strength to strength.

In addition there juvenile

LINNET

seem to be everywhere and over at the Airport the

BLACK BOX IN-FLIGHT RECORD FACTORY
has seen yet another very productive week in the construction.
At the Sewerage Works

a bird that has already in the past been described as 'scarce' here

put in a most obliging appearance.

FERAL PIGEON
a fine looking specimen

which as usual was soon gone!
The first visit to the Gravel Pit had produced a 'blank' so seeing this

ROE DEER

at a second attempt was a bonus.

Back to Barracks, and stood in the doorway of Slight Return II, this

PIED WAGTAIL
landed directly in front of us.
To the strains of 'New Test Leper' track 3 from the R.E.M. album
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