A little like the Curate's Egg there were some 'good parts' to the
first day of the working week, but blink and you would have missed them!
We had prior warning the evening before as flashing up the
Moth Traps
as these giant towers of cumulus cloud chugged east along the
English Channel not 5 miles away from here.
Add to that being tied up with obituaries and something of a lack of Wildlife
it is perhaps a good job that a few 'snaps' have accumulated over recent days.
Monday saw no new Moths for the year but there were one or three other
interesting Insects such as
MOTTLED GRASSHOPPER
ORANGE ICHNEUMON FLY
or maybe more correctly 'Wasp'
and wonderful to be able to take a peek into their own little world of preening!
There were also a number of
Arhopalus rusticus
one of the Longhorn tribe that doesn't seem to have a vernacular name.
Echoing the words of Martin Cade, Warden of the
Portland Bird Obseratory, in a recent post, yes it is most encouraging
to see so many juvenile
GREENFINCH
on the wing
as they have suffered bad times in recent years
but now look to be 'fireing on all 4'!
Pity the weather had not been a little bit finer
to eliminated the frosty look of the images.
Reaching
the Bog Myrtle surrounded
DEAN'S DITCH
(The Ford)
was indicative of just how much rain had fallen in recent days
as previously this had bee no more than a
DEAN'S DITCH
was indicative of just how much rain had fallen in recent days
Dried Out Gulch.
A little dithering almost lost us the opportunity of capturing this
at the
ANVIL
Snail
as a young
emerged from behind a beautifully contrasting combination of the
yellow DWARF GORSE and purple BELL HEATHER
Our
Outward Bounds
ended on something of a highnote with a Bird that we hear on a daily basis
but hardly ever see, the tiny Finch that is the
SISKIN
considered to be a regular breeding species here, but the day was not yet done!
Just before the pathway to Slight Return II (our humble abode)
there were even more 'youndsters' in the
LLAMA PADDOCK
juvenile
PIED WAGTAILs
which could easily be the product of the pair that nest annually
behind the solar panels on the
Farm House Roof?
Best Until Last
rather dependant on the settings on your
"Chuckle Button"
we did also manage to capture c2
WEEVIL's,
of noticably differing sizes with the larger one escaping out grip so nice,
just for once, to end up with the
"Lesser of Two Weevils"
(Oh I do miss Benny Hill!)
yellow DWARF GORSE and purple BELL HEATHER
Our
Outward Bounds
ended on something of a highnote with a Bird that we hear on a daily basis
but hardly ever see, the tiny Finch that is the
considered to be a regular breeding species here, but the day was not yet done!
Just before the pathway to Slight Return II (our humble abode)
there were even more 'youndsters' in the
Best Until Last
rather dependant on the settings on your
"Chuckle Button"
we did also manage to capture c2
of noticably differing sizes with the larger one escaping out grip so nice,
just for once, to end up with the
"Lesser of Two Weevils"
(Oh I do miss Benny Hill!)
