The Lunar-Ticks are on the Grass - Pink Floyd

No amount of moaning or groaning is going to bring the

Moth’s to Book

and even though we are going through another

‘lean patch’ we count ourselves as lucky!

There must be ‘many’ others across the County and elsewhere

who would give their ‘high teeth’ for just a crack at

HEATH RUSTIC

 (c21 today)

 NEGLECTED RUSTIC

 (c5)

or even lesser mortals as

HEDGE  RUSTIC

and did in fact nab a 'first for the year', colloquially known as a 'Tick', 
for those who didn't get the headline, by way of the diverse

 LUNAR UNDERWING

 shown here in other of its guises!

Waking before daylight had even showed its hand we were already being serenaded by dueting

 CHIFFCHAFF

and

 COAL TIT

with a rauchous over-flying Grey Heron proving just to quick for yer average

Fixed Income Pentioner!

However, not to slow in following the kind angler who knocked the door to report a

 GRASS SNAKE

on the north bank of the

River Stour 

and a much appreciated bonus of his recently caught

CHUBB

 At the Gravel Pit was found a vocal

and active

 REED BUNTING

before moving onto the Heath for the weekly turning of the

 Herp's Covers

but found this

 SAND LIZARD

already soaking up what there were of the mid-morning rays.

 Only the 4th

SLOW WORM

of the year, which is worrying but did see a welcome bit of footage via the

Idiots Lantern

of a number of places around the country where they are either

Introducing Sand Lizards or Re-introducing them to a number of Heathlands!

Talking of which, the

 SPARROWHAWK

is a 'scarce' bird on our little patch of Moorland but today saw one fly

directly in front of us, then a second 

perched on a nearby fence post,

reminiscent of the proverbial bus!

By no means a bad day, we are already seeing large drops in most Wild Things,

so as a precaution we are already delving into the archive to

Keep the Hungry Fed!

Here's until Manana!