Out in the Fields - Gary Moore

Not only did the continuous and by and large heavy rain put a dampener on any sensible 'field activities', it also brought a much reduced performance at the Bournemouth Air Show with no self respecting aviator wanting to fly with the cloud ceiling of just a few feet. However, one of an enormous number of benefits of living where we do is that we are place on the cusp of Bournemouth's International Airport and enjoyed, on Thursday, what is considered the preview day for the Main Event. The images from that day, due to lack of time, remain 'in the can' but as soon as is physically possible we will bring them to you in full. As a 'taster' it can be told that the Red Arrows performed their signature Bomb Burst directly above Slight Return II.

Fresh out of the Moth Traps 3 additions to the Year List included

 MAPLE PUG

 the beauty that is

 PURPLE BAR

and in sharp contrast

 STRAW UNDERWING

 The silence was soon shattered as

 ZK 028

flew directly overhead, a

BAE SYSTEMS HAWK T.2

not a part of the Air Show.
 Out in the Fields things remain a little quiet, but it is a dull day indeed

when we don't turn up something!

 Bad news first and it would appear that

 COOT

 chick numbers have now been reduced to just c2.

In the process of snapping them we sadly flushed a

 GREEN SANDPIPER

into a clear blue sky, while on the Heath our first find was this

 SLOW WORM TAIL

which may well have been predated by a Smooth Snake??

Continuing with our obsession of taking shots of juvenile

 STONECHAT

some are now showing a little colour

 (smile your on Candid Trail Camera)

 as others

are heading that way!

As is usual, we ended our 'rounds' inside the

 Solar Panel Compound

 where we were lucky not to disturb this

 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER

For whatever reason they seem to favour the fence post so

thought to be finding a food source of one sort or another?

Finally, an update from the Trail Cameras saw us add

2 New Species to the List

WHITETHROAT

as far as we can tell
WILLOW WARBLER
 along with Old Favourites

another

 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER

COMMON BUZZARD
and

'Singing' MAGPIE

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