Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald

and in no more than a blink of the eye it will soon be

Too Darn Cold

enjoy it while we may!

Some moderate action in the field has spurred us to shelve the second instalment of

The Falkland Islands

but they won't be forgotten!

 The overnight weather stays at just about perfect backed by beautiful evening skies

with Mars visible and brightest to the south and a little harder to see Venus to the east.

We have not been without a few additions to the

Moth Year List either as

 the established but none to numerous

 WEBB'S WAINSCOT

joined the list as did the tiny, beautiful and variable migrant

 VESTAL

It is said that due to the food plants in varying areas differing those that show

this pinkish hue or darker are migrants from the near continent 

 while paler specimens could originate from as far away as 

The Sahara.

 More local the

 POPLAR GREY

and for now at least a final

migrant

DARK SWORD-GRASS

Not a lot of action around the garden save to say the return of the

 presumed local pair of

KESTRELs

which once again successfully bred in the

 Horse Stable

 and now playing havoc with small garden birds. It was thought worth a look to see if 

there is anoy sings of a second brood but

by the look of the Spider Webs across the Bird Box

the answer appears to be no!

 Swallow, Greenfinch and Pied Wagtail

on the power cables but only the

 WAGTAIL 

and

SWALLOW

staying for a close-up.

Having waxed lyrically about the scarcity of 

Feral Pigeons

hereon a previous post, we thought we had stumbled across another

but looking a little closer it was found to be an even 'rarer'

 RACING PIGEON

only the second since my records began (2013).

 MISTLE THRUSH and STARLING

 still appear as strange bedfellows at the

Solar Panel Compound

 while sharing an equally successful breeding season and where

 Mr Adrian Tugwell (alighting)

and crew turned up to commence

 Nettle and Grass Cutting Operations.

 More cackling than clicking we hope to bring more images and vids later?

On the Heath just in time to catch the latest

 AIRBUS

fresh back from China as we also picked up on another hunting

KESTREL

with prey, maybe a mammal but with that length trailing more likely a Reptile.

It will be noted that our 'stalking' efforts came to almost naught.

Otherwise it was just the usual suspects with both

 GOLDFINCH

and

STONECHAT

going well over the top in the procreation stakes, we will have to see what transpires later today!