The Bagsy Blog: We Plough the Fields and Scatter

Thursday, 25 May 2017

It has been a while now since they

Ploughed the Fields and Scattered the Good Seed on the Land

but at long last we know bring the story to you.

4 days of intensive activity as the 3 largest fields on

Parley Court Farm

succumbed to the blades attracting a small wealth of Wildlife.

After the early morning

C-130 Hercules Transport

had passed overhead, first to arrive

and follow the tractor were

BLACK-HEADED GULL

forcing us to stop and take stock of what else might be about.

Worth walking the furrows for a short time, we found a

VIOLET GROUND BEETLE

(not to be confused with a 'Violent' Ground Beetle)

before turning our attention to the other Birds where both

HERRING and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL

where in attendance.

HERRING GULL

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL

this one with a 'club-foot'.

All 3 of the more common species of Gull

Black-headed, Lesser Black-backed and Herring Gulls

Mixed Gulls

Among them were the odd

WHEATEAR

The Corvides were represented by

JACKDAW

There was also a

COMMON BUZZARD

to be found amidst all these frenzied feeders,

but the

King's of the Castle,

for me at least

were the host of beautiful looking

MEDITERRANEAN GULLs

Additionally, on that day there was just a single addition to the

Annual Moth List

SPECTACLE