Underneath the Arches - Flanagan and Allan

Oh Dear, Oh Dear

A severe case of 'slack hammock' (getting out of bed late) but it wasn’t my fault sir!

It was my Portuguese (him) and Russian (her) friends fault for ‘making' me go to their party last night. After a gullet full of decent wine, some wonderful Iberian food and renditions from Hendrix, Genesis, and even a mutual Savage Rose et al we eventually got turned in at 05:00, it will do me good as gone are the days when I’d do such things on a nightly basis!

The overnight temperature had stayed at a decent level and brought with it

a few new additions to the Moth Year List but, like just about every other hobby, interest or passtime there is always a thirst for more!

 LEAST BLACK ARCHES

 LIGHT BROCADE

while watchful of the local

PIED WAGTAIL

and Robin hopeing for and opportunist breafast we dispose of our catch into the

Long Grass

it seems to work!

 MARBLED MINOR

Juvenile Robin with remains of 

Large Yellow Underwing

"I rest my case Mi Lord"!

MIDDLE-BARRED MINOR

 As Spring (and by defanision May) grow long original and new findings 

become harder to source and already we are scratching around, but........

While in the process the 'all too regular'

SIKORSKY

twin rotor did a pass which blocked out the sound of the parent

STARLING
(what a gape)

feeding its

youngster.
There had been some concern in recent days as to the disappearance
of one of the Gravel Pit 

COOT

but today the female was back and not alone

 just a single

 MOORLING

 but one is better than none.

Here's hoping it survives longer than the next door neighbours!

Extremely quiet on the Heath save for a canoodling pair of

STOCK DOVE
another juvenile

 STONECHAT
along with a small 'charm' of juvenile

 GOLDFINCH

feeding on 

Grass Seed Heads
A moment of myrth before leaving was to watch the latest

NHS Airbus

itself being towed into the

SICK BAY
while the drive around the Solar Panel Compound 

added nothing to the tally!