High Hopes - Pink Floyd

 It was about as inevitable as the infinite number of monkeys 

wielding the same number of typewriters, it was always going to happen one day!

First, and last let me tell you, job of the day is to feed the Chickens and though not arduous in itself, once you have forced yourself through the regiment of

HOUSE SPARROWS ,

mostly juveniles, which clog up the coop, with always an attempt to catch one.

 Today was the day!

"Gotchya yer little Beauty".

Otherwise, yet another morning of High Hopes (as Pink Floyd would say)

as the temperature had 

peaked at +22°C so surely there was going to be a bagful of Moths to monitor??

Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
the ringing of the division bell had begun

Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut

There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
running before times took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay

Not quiet that many but, a couple of interest as for its delicacy and size the

 SWALLOW-TAILED MOTH
is a real cracked

 while

LANGMAID'S YELLOWUNDERWING 

can present identification difficulties.

Won't go into detail in as much as I don't know what I am cackling about,

but the detail lies in the pattern of the underwing.

Suffice to say that this species was first recorded in Britain in 2001, with most records coming from southern coastal counties. It is likely that it is now breeding in parts of southern England.

The grass was greener, the light was brighter
When friends surrounded, the nights of wonder

There was something of a mini feeding frenzy in the paddock just around the corner

involving both

 HERRING and BLACK-HEADED GULLs

 about 20 of each

 which we didn't bother to count.

 HERRING GULL

 Again the Heath was disappointing, but never say die, as they will surely come!

Already the Irrigation Pond had fielded a dozen 

well grown juvenile 

MALLARD

not all viewable at the same time.

Not to be outdone the Gravel Pit also produced multipuls

this time of

 GREEN SANDPIPER

always a welcome sight but rarely more than a singles!

Returning from there we found not a 'rarity' but more a 'scarcity' that is the

FEREL PIGEON

and another juvenile by the look of it!

 If we see c2 here annually it has been a good year

 even though the 

Eco Recycling Works

would seem as good a place as any to support such a bird?

 Forever Sky Gazing

after the traps we looked heavenward to find the new 

Sighs of the Times

in the residue of a couple of

 Aircraft Vapour Trails along with small clusters of puffy Cumulus and whispy Cirrus Clouds

 and also to find the

MOON

had by no means set!

Otherwise, we have been 'hearing' both

 NUTHATCH
and

 TREECREEPER

 daily for the last 2 weeks then both decided to put in an appearance

at more or less the same time.

The remainder were almost all down to Insect life with good numbers of

BROWN HAWKER DRAGONFLY

probably the most iredescent

BRIMSTONE BUTTERFLY

ever seen without the image doing it much justice but with

hue's changing at just about every step.

 A few

 BROAD-BODIED CHASER's

 COMMA BUTTERFLY
at time showing the

 'comma' like symbol on the underwing which gives it it's name, an

ARACHNID

taken from the inside of the windscreen,

 LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY

 and a
HOVERFLY
replacing the Spider on the screen and ending with a young

STARLING

fixing overhead cables.

Rock 'n' Roll Trivia:-
Syd Barrett, (the 'Crazy Diamond' of 'Shine on You' fame) founder of Pink Floyd, came up with the band's name by juxtaposing the first names of Bluesmen Pinkney 'Pink' Anderson and Floyd 'Dipper Boy' Council. In 1967, he said, "The name Pink Floyd came from two Blues singers from Georgia, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council".

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