Friday on My Mind - The Easybeats

In an effort to catch up we return to the turbulence that was Friday and the first day of May, a

 ‘Weather Watchers Paradise’.

An early morning mist started to develop into fairly dense fog

before being caught by the early rays of a rising Sun.

‘Fair’ would be a reasonable description for the rest of the morning when

Bournemouth International Airport

erupted into a veritable cavalcade of various types of aircraft

as the wind started gusting almost gale force, accompanied by

Thunder and Lightning along with a full 15 minutes of moderately heavy ‘Hail’!

In the main the priority was given over to the refurbishment of the

Moth Traps

as Dave Foot had made new collars and availed me of the required number of securing clips.

Not something I look forward to as not having a 

'Do It Yourself Bone in My Body'

but along with a number of far more important interuptions the job was eventually completed.

With temporary new homes to go to there was an addition to the

2020 List

 SCALLOPED HAZEL

and returns of the 2 specialties that are

 RINGED CARPET

and

 SCARCE PROMINENT

Between bouts we found only the second

 SPARROWHAWK

of the year

which was proving to have done very well for itself in

capturing and consuming this hapless

MOORHEN

This brought back memories of last summer when we found one

 snagged in the tennis court netting

 giving us the opportunity of holding the spcies

In the Hand

 That was also the very moment we thought the emergency might be over

as within a very short period of time as the airspace above us came alive with aircraft.

First on the Wing 

and very nearly missed

 the mighty

GALAXY TRANSPORT

of the

Royal Airforce

followed in quick succession by the

 NHS AIRWAYS AIRBUS

 bound, we were told via 

South Today News Report,

for China again in search of more Personal Protective Clothing

However the Big Kid wasn't going that far, in fact they bottled it after 15 minutes and 

was back on the landing strip.

 We add these 3 snaps just incase you might like to

print them and make yourselves a little

 Jig Saw Puzzle?

 A N Other??

Eventually, out in the field we finally got to grips with both

 HERRING GULL

Carrying Nesting Material

 and bathing along with

 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL

MISTLE THRUSH

are now being seen at just about every location,

mostly feeding young or singing but while replacing the 

Moth Traps 

a real surprise in the shape of our first of the year

 CROSSBILL

(borrowed image)

 The day however was not over as having to check the traps as darkness fell, stood at this

 VIEWPOINT

logged in quick succession and this order

 WOODCOCK

 the biggest

 BADGER

ever seen personally

RABBIT

 NIGHTJAR

first for 2020

TAWNEY OWL