The Ballard of Spotty Muldoon - Peter Cook

Again overnight temperatures continue to fluctuate,

on some nights as low as +8°C and on other +16°C.

Whatever, neither have brought anything new for the year, so

we will just show a limited number of the species we have caught.

 L-ALBUM WAINSCOT

 has remained frequent and expected while

 CENTRE-BARRED SALLOW

has also been expected and occassional.

 a little late we would say for

SINGLE-DOTTED WAVE

but representing the slightly unusual this

 small

BURNISHED BRASS

(above)

 has an unusually broad brown centre band?

 Amid all of that there was a high level pass from a

MERLIN HELICOPTER

before we set about trying to find more Wildlife to entertain you.

Best, it was considered, came first on entering the

Heath

with this

 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER

 just sitting on the single wire fence

just awaiting our arrival.

Another new arrival at the Airport

was a rather weary looking 

Airbus

and who knows how many that is since the begining of Covid?

It was left to the residents to make up the numbers,

so thank heavens for

 STONECHATs

 as it's getting a bit

'thin on the ground'

out there, but not wishing Winter to arrive too quickly!

 A quarter of a dozen

 DUNNOCKs

looking to still have a bit of juvenile plumage about them

soon turned into a 3rd of a dozen, but there were more.

A 'lateish'

WILLOW WARBLER

was most welcome
but then we relied on a couple or 3 

G.B. Raritie's From the Past!

 HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL

(Cornwall - 05/03/2016) 

 HOODED MERGANSER

with fish
(Portland and Weymouth and thought elsewhere over a 14 year period)

 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER

(Poole Park - 07/02/2011 and elsewhere in Dorset)