All Quiet on the Sunday Front

Apologies for the late publication due to lack of Internet,
maybe weather related?
Now leaning heavily on the old adage
Rain before 7 - Dry by 11
Sunday’s here have traditionally become the

‘search every nook and cranny day’

which includes not only visiting every corner of our Recording Area,

but also monitoring the Moth Traps and turning the Reptile Covers

Extra effort was put in this week as a deficit of

Migrant Birds still exists but have to report, here and now,

that the search was mostly in vain hence the much reduced post!

The only Moth recorded was yet another

ENGRAILED 

bolstered by this large

 FLESH FLY

Otherwise

HM COASTGUARD RESCUE

keep up their good works as we headed south for a reminder of the song

'April in Paris'

CHESTNUTS

in blossom, holiday tables under the trees

Francis Albert Sinatra

and the day some years ago when, with my then currant ladyfriend,  we stood at the end of the

Pont de Notre Dame

with me singing this beautiful refrain much to the bemusement of the passing crowds!

There are some things you just have to do!

Heading north it was mostly what Rory Gallagher would describe as

'The Same Old Story'

with maybe just one exception

Again we tried to capture a

HERRING GULL

with a beak full of nesting material but with only 50% success before happening upon

newly hatched

and not overly obliging

 MOORHEN

chicks being fed by one parent bird while the other

kept an eye on things from a lofty perch

The

MALLARD

family also seem to be getting on alright

and thus far haven't lost any of their number

while 'surely' the

LITTLE GREBE's

are now sitting on eggs??

Had it not been for a spooked 

ROE DEER

the Heath itself along with the afore mention covers would also have lain bare

Finally, and away from the Moor we did find a wayward daytime flying

COMMON HEATH MOTH

which brings this EPIC to an end!

HERE'S HOPEING FOR BETTER TO COME
but if not we will dive into the Archive!