from the album 'Salisbury'
Another gloomy and showery day brought no more to a morning in the field
than what has of late been the norm! All of minor note was the pre-dawn screeching
of one, or maybe both,
KESTREL(s)
which are garden birds here. The bonus came when opening
the door to welcome the new day and watch one of them plunge to earth catching
(most likely) a
SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE
An abundant Mammal here with no fewer than 28 burrows under my
home alone and where they are occassionally fed.
A few more images from the archive s’il vous plaît.
For the last 4 years they have successfully bred in the stable,
no mor than a stone's throw from here, and what a delight to watch the progression!
Last Years Juveniles
and
their
MISFORTUNES
a waterlogged juvenile male
SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE
Back to 'the' day and all else was mechanical including the continuation of the hedge trimming,
Roadside Verge Motocross
and the
change-out of some
Solar Panel Transformers
