Snake in the Grass - Elton John

The Moths, all ‘first for the year’, relate to Saturday night’s catch as the Arctic blast of Sunday brought with it an overnight temperature of no more than +4°C, an icy blast and a single 

Shuttle-shaped Dart! 

GREEN CARPET

 TREBLE LINES

LIME-SPECK PUG
The early morning Good News was found as the presumed regular

 SWALLOWs
have returned to the traditional 'garage' nest site, are

 already carrying mud

 with the foundations already laid.
As for other avians, it was the new brigade of young

STARLINGs
(adult)

 that stole the show

 at all locations

 but mostly across the Northern Section

where numbers had to have been in the 'hundreds'.
 Also at that end of our area we encountered the first 
DRAGONS
of the year with decent views of both

 COMMON DARTER
and

BROAD-BODIED CHASER
but very few Butterflies.
After a brief encounter with a 

DARTFORD WARBLER
a far more substantial 'flier' cut across the sky directly overhead the

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Virgin Airbus

 presumably returning from China with a cargo of PPE as reported on the 
Local News Channel.

15 minutes later we had stationed ourself perfectly for the landing.
More excitement to follow as turning the
Reptile Covers
to find in the first instance no more than a

lively

ANTS NEST
followed by x3 first for the year

SMOOTH SNAKES

HERE'S LOOKING FOREWARD TO A SAND LIZARD!