The War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne

WELCOME to a NEW MONTH bringing with it WINTER!

"and still they come"

not Martians this time only Moths

a single

BLAIR'S SHOULDER-KNOT

c2 SILVER Y

DARK CHESTNUT
and maybe this might be the last

WASP
of 2020?

a little too late to join the throng of the prevoius No Need to Go Outside Post it was

ROOKs

that were first to gather on the lawn this morning before a

Tale of the Unexpected and a Wayward
COOT

on the main pond which was gone by the time we returned. Also inspired by the Plant Life of another previous Post we are now keeping eyes peeled for more  

Wild Flowers of Winter

starting with the seemingly ever present
GREEN ALKANET

            Still pounding the beat that is the Sewerage Works fence line, in hope of that elusive                  Black Redstart we did happen upon a number of

likely to overwinter

CHIFFCHAFF

but only time will tell?

and additionally the likes of

YARROW
one of the numerous species of

HAWK'S BEARD
and

SCENTED MAYWEED
we thank John Gifford for assistance with some of the identifications.

All else amounted to just acouple of

LINNETs

on the Heath

along with

just a single

MEADOW PIPIT
(Slim Pickings)
Otherwise, we continue the search for material to aid Andy Thorpe, erstwhile
Recorder of the now defunct North Sea Bird Bird Club, in his efforts to write a book on the subject.
We are hoping that images of these 2

MINKE WHALEs
taken from the deck of the Semi-submersible Drilling Rig Stena Hunter in 2010

will help with his efforts.