Saturday 28 November 2020

No Need to Go Out!

We once read of a Chinaman who lived in an apartment converted from an old warehouse on the cusp of one of the countries many rivers, and had a Blog that featured just the images that he took from his windows. Emulating him will be something of a saviour today as the Strange Rover remains in the Sick Bay having failed her MoT - ‘sensors’ at £150 (whatever they may be) which won’t break the bank!

It's an orangy sky, always it's some other guy
It's just a broken lullaby
Bye bye Love

More in hope than expectation we set both of the homebound Moth Traps against a predicted +2°C which manifested itself at +4°C so hope might win the day. The total catch included another

MOTTLED UMBER
clinging to the collar and a whole host of
DECEMBER MOTHs
with some already in the process of
Topping Up Supplies for Next Year!
From there it was half a loaf liberally scattered across the lawn before taking up station on the
Door Step.
Inevitably, first up were
WOOD PIGEONs
which with such shaggy plumage
especially around the neck
might just make them this years progeny?
both Female and
Male
BLACKBIRD
followed in quick succession with
PIED WAGTAILs
certainly not going to be
left out of the picture.
It was at this point that the
EURO CARGO AIRBUS
thundered into take off and we are going to have to chop all those trees and bushes down.
GREENFINCH
was a most welcome addition to the list despite losing its tail with
HOUSE SPARROW (male)
being something of a foregone being lucky to have many, many dozens here.
With
RED CAMPION
and
WHITE DEAD NETTLE
both still in bloom it was the return of one of the
COBHAM
in-flight refueling trainer jets returning to base that indicated the day was getting long
(you can set your watch by them).
With it came, Mob Handed, my 'birds of the day" likely having spotted what morsals were left
STARLINGs
dozens of them and
just look at that sheen and plumage
all to often discarded as vermin maybe on account of its Latin name
Sturnus vulgaris
but surely a beauty by anyones estimate and sometimes look at the
EURASIAN NUTCRACKER,
which would attract thousands of observers should one visit our shores, and ask
What's the Difference?
You don't have to look to the skies around here to check if it is Dusk yet, all you need to do is listen for the rotor clatter of the
RAF CHINOOK
which circles overhead in ever decreasing circles just about every evening
but takes far to long to 'disappear'!