Silver Machine - Hawkwind

Continuing the Catch-Up.

 but not before a little Weather Drama

on Monday afternoon!

The first 'Hawk', in the Moth Department, of the year was a

POPLAR HAWK-MOTH

(caught 23/04/2017)

most numerous of the migrants

 SILVER Y

 POWDERED QUAKER

 and sister to Lesser Swallow Prominent secured a few days ago

this is simply

SWALLOW PROMINENT

With the

COOT

still sitting on eggs, it now looks rather like the pair

might be about to get new neighbours.

The pair of Little Grebe, not to be confussed with those already

sat on eggs at the other pond, are making gestures indicating their intent

to nest here as well??

 FLOWERING CURRENT

 is now in bloom as is

MARSH MARIGOLD

while

 BLACKCAP

 are vocal

in just about every bush!

Unusually, a pair of

GADWALL

are still knocking about

unusual as they are all but absent once March is out!

 RABBIT

are also being seen on a daily basis now as

 WHITETHROAT

numbers iincrease by the day.

Notwithstanding all that had gone before, the day's highlight was surely

 the finding of this
(middle trunk just below bow stump)

 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER

nest still under construction and being exclusively excavated by the male bird.

However, the 

female did pop in to note progress

from time to time

 and also undertook a session of preening, maybe in readiness

for what was to come??

After all that inspecting plus washing and brushing up the

 Old Lad Himself

 was allowed out to streach a

 Well Worked Bill

 before getting back to the job in hand!

"Pheeewww, this 'ere sawdust don't 'arf get stuck in yer froat"!

HOOF FUNGUS
(Fomes fomentanus)
was also of coincidental note as a species that had been brought to my
attention by Dave Foot on our trip to Scotland.

However, this was countered by the biggest 'laugh' of the day

as we drove across to the Heath to find that the 4 Cows that

should be there had somehow strayed onto

Parley Court Farm.

Already asride my trusty steed, The Strange Rover, we got in gear to attempt getting
them back to where they belonged, which wasn't as easy as it looked. Eventually, a
phone call was made to summon help and soon after arrival the bovines were safely retuned to the sanctuary.

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