(And There Will Your Heart Be Also) - Fields of the Nephilim

Only the most tentative link between today's Headline and the

Post itself, but we only have to clock or hear the word

GOTHIC

and all our sense of reasoning heads directly to

'THE FIELDS'

The Nephilim are not only my favourite Goth Outfit but also

purveyors of some of the most innovative, ground-breaking

and exciting music we have ever had the pleasure to come across.

(And There Will Your Heart Be Also) 

We must suffer, to free our pain
Can you help us, to find our way
You're here to stay!
Stay here in paradise
I'd end this moment, to be with you
Through morphic oceans, I'd lay here with you
Only to stay, stay here in paradise
Only to stay son
Lonely, from this maelstrom free are you
From this maelstrom to be with you

 GOTHIC
It is not unusual (as Tom once said) to be distracted from our 

early morning ventures by a bird, plant or even insects outside

of the traps with yesterday involving all 3.

 CLAY TRIPLE-LINES

 RED TWIN-SPOT CARPET

followed by an important Plant here which thus far we hadn't seen this year.

For safety reasons some of the ditch system here has had to be back-filled and along

with it and unfortunately with it some of the

ORANGE BALSAM

fell to the JCB. Food plant for our 'speciality' Moth here

 BALSAM CARPET

we cannot afford to lose this from the only known breeding colony in the

County of Dorset.

 SEPTEMBER THORN

and then. treading the lily-pads what we have suspected for a while now a

juvenile

MOORHEN 

 A single adult bird has been present from early spring, but without a 

partner there seemed little likelihood of procreation.

Nevertheless, a second adult was seen a week or 3 ago and then

 our hopes were blessed with this 'new arrival'. 

COMMON CARDER BEE

The loss of part of the ditch has had some beneficial effect as

WILDFLOWERS

have been planted there in its stead, resulting in a 

Mister Monet 

phoning and asking if he could come and do some 'canvas spoiling' in our area!
On our return to Slight II we caught the local marauding

 SPARROWHAWK

 bang-to-rights

 trying to steal even more of our

 HOUSE SPARROWs
 what else?

The remainder of our humble effort features just some of the
many young Birds around here trying to survive by learning the
Tricks of their Trade.

This young

LAPWING

dropped in at the Gravel Pit to join c2

GREEN SANDPIPER

already there.

Having bred in the surrounding trees,

 MISTLE THRUSH

once again have done remarkably well this year,

finding plenty of food in the virtual sanctuary of the

Solar Panel Compounds.

Likewise, this fully grown but still juvenile

BLACKBIRD

is learning the ropes, but despite its size

still seems to be struggling a bit with what looks like some kind of larvae?

As a finale
we have noticed of late that all the 

ROWAN / MOUNTAIN ASH

berries have already turned orange and fully ripe, this is a
full month earlier than usual or what was expected!
GLOBAL WARMING!
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Sumerland - Fields of the Nephilim
May You Always Be There