Bird of Prey - Uriah Heep

from the album 'Salisbury'

Another gloomy and showery day brought no more to a morning in the field

than what has of late been the norm! All of minor note was the pre-dawn screeching

of one, or maybe both, 

KESTREL(s)

 which are garden birds here. The bonus came when opening 

the door to welcome the new day and watch one of them plunge to earth catching

(most likely) a

SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE

An abundant Mammal here with no fewer than 28 burrows under my 

home alone and where they are occassionally fed.

                                       A few more images from the archive s’il vous plaît.

For the last 4 years they have successfully bred in the stable,

no mor than a stone's throw from here, and what a delight to watch the progression!

 Last Years Juveniles

 and

 their

MISFORTUNES

 

 a waterlogged juvenile male

 SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE

 Back to 'the' day and all else was mechanical including the continuation of the hedge trimming,

 Roadside Verge Motocross

 and the

 change-out of some

 Solar Panel Transformers