Festoon - Chauvet DJ

Please Stand Advised We are Still Catching Up
on a none too clement morning with persitant heavy rain, gusty winds and a gloomy outlook 
here in a less than sunny Dorset!
The Good News is you have the Bagsy Blog to cheer you up,
so why not reach for the 'All Adressees Button' and cheer up all your Pals as well!

On a day that was mostly dogged by heavy rain, it was the previous evening

that proved a sight for sore eyes!

As part of our nocturnal wandings a stop to unlock the gate to the Heath

brought with it what will surely be one of the highlights of 2020.

No more than 100 feet away was a Hobby, in flight, scribing an ovate and undulating

flight pattern from just above ground level up to tree tops level. It was also carrying

an avian prey species which it was also plucking at the same time - WOW!

The rain didn't hamper monitoring the Moth Traps, from where there was more success, 

but soon set in not helping to enhance the best of posts!

All 'first for year' we kicked off with the diminutive  

FESTOON

followed in line by

 BLUE-BORDERED CARPET

 COMMON FOOTMAN

 FAN-FOOT

 PEACH BLOSSOM

 SMALL FAN-FOOTED WAVE

and an early

COMMON RUSTIC

 Otherwise, and through the gloom it was left mostly to 'young birds'

to make up the rest of the post.

 While it did start a little misty that soon cleared bringing the juvenile

KESTRAL's

out to play but only at great distance

and maximum zoom, a little shakey

 but growing up rapidly.

OPIUM POPPIES

are now starting to bloom

 on the bund right next to the caravan (of love)

All of the other action was confined to the 

Solar Panel Compound

where there was nothing unexpected but did pass a 

Very Interesting Hour

of just 'common fare'!

Having convinced the Panel People long ago not to mow the grass just for 

cosmetic purposes the likes of

 GOLDFINCH

thrive on the abundance of

Weed Seeds

and for reasons best known to themselves young

 RAVENs

annually spend their early days of fledging within,

 maybe waiting in hope of the 

 

odd Sheep carcass?

 LAPWINGs,

usually a little more confiding, are also finding sustenance here

 but this year, for reasons unknown, they seem to 'spook' readily?

 SWALLOWs

mostly juveniles

 are also prevalent and likely favouring the

 high perches

and abundance of Insects

 with just a single adult also seen carrying nesting material.

It Ain't Over Yet!

We haven't as much as heard a Common Buzzard over the past few days

 but feel still in attendance as finding this feather along the way

while on the Heath the only bird to come anywhere near to 'close' was this

MEADOW PIPIT

Quiet Times

 but that will change as the year grows - hopefully.