Tuesday 28 April 2020

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!