The title of their 'ninethe studio album' was coined as a result of lead guitarist
Steve Hackett
leaving the band, to concentrate on other things, as had
vocalist Peter Gabriel a number of years before,
effectively turning the original
Quintet into a Trio!
After a strong cup of coffee and all the other early morning rituals we usually
sally forth at about 06:00 on these summer mornings, which on the last 5 has
coincided wth a
GREY HERON
flying in from the north and alighting somewhere along the course of the
River Stour.
we'll get it perched before too long????
There has also been an upturn in the numbers of Macro
(usually, but not always the larger Insects) Moths of late with the mornings collective
reaching a total of 192 specimens.
Of these but one was added to the 2020 list, which is not a grumble
as good to see
FIGURE of EIGHT
back in the traps.
Additionally, there was another Arachnid secure by dew to the windscreen
which John Gifford suggests is one of the
GRASS SPIDER
(species)
With little, or rather nothing, to keep us in the more southern climes we headed north
(species)
With little, or rather nothing, to keep us in the more southern climes we headed north
with thoughts as to if the c3
GREEN SANDPIPERs
might still be there, but no they seem to have departed but having left
more than adequate replacements.
We haven't knowingly seen more than a single
LITTLE GREBE
at the Gravel Pit for a number of weeks now but that is not to say
that we observe the same 'singleton' each time!
That riddle was adequately resolved as from the smart plumage
of this adult popped the tiny head
of what looked like a very young juvenile indeed?
The other adult did appear and passed food with the opperation
being so quick we were unable to capture it.
Like all of its kind the tiny
HUMBUG
was totally confident in the water
only returning to Mum and Dad when the groceries arrived.
Before the next prile there was a visit from
Sod, who most of us know because of his Law, and we, like everyone else
get our share of that.
No doubt the 'ardent' readers among you will remember the reference of a few days ago
regarding not having seen or heard a
SEDGE WARBLER
since the very small influx of April,
well in a nutshell we spoke too soon
as one, likely male, was giving it big licks at the
Irrigation Pond.
Having travelled no more than 300 yards from these 2 findings what came next
was in keeping with what was becoming a
Three-fold Rule as not
ONE
not
TWO
but an unprecidented
THREE
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
were found within the
Solar Panel Compound.
We have got very used to frequent encounters with what we describe as a 'pair',
now we might have to get used to a Trio!
Perhaps enough surprises for one day, but not a bit of it as waiting in
the diagonally opposite corner of the compound and some distace away
were found an estimated 200 mixed Gulls
represented by just
HERRING GULL
and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Don't You Just Love 'Em!
Eventually, we got around to the other traps from where, as already reported, there was nothing new, but just sat there listening to the likes of
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
'chacking away',
finding our first for the year
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY
getting a first 'blurred' look through the chain-link fenceing at the only
BEA Passenger Jet
no longer obscured from veiw now British Airways are pulling out apace,
while adding yet another
Eddie Stobbard Lady
to the already extensive list.
HERE'S LOOKING FORWARD ALREADY TO TOMORROW,
BRING IT ON!
