(Just) Another Day - Paul and Linda McCartney

 A threatening look to the start of the day and nothing in the Moth Traps

didn't take long to come up with a short, sharp bolt of

HAIL

but not long before the SUN showed its hand and the

ROBINs
came out to play while a familier 'yelp' led us to the 'first of the year'

GREY HERON
a very good start, but it has been a long time coming!
A little bit of frost still pecking at the extremities but nothing compared to our friend from

LICHFIELD - STFFORDSHIRE
who had just struggled through 6 to  8 inches of the stuff.

It is thought highly unlikely that either of these

MOORHENs

leave the confines of the Gravel Pit but often appear absent while the

TUFTED DUCK FLOCK

change size and sex

on a daily basis 4 x male with a single fem and

you'll likely notice the reflection on this clip of a passing

ROE DEER
Reverting to 'tracker mode' as Och Aye the only Scottish Indian that Custer didn;t get

we found these Mammal Tracks at the

gateway to the Heath

representing c2 Badgers and also that

Mowing Operations?
had taken place since our last visit.
With nothing else to detain us we tried a slow meander along the course of the
MOORS RIVER
only to find, while dodging the trees, Common Fare in the shape of

bathing

CANADA GEESE (21 in total)

just a loan and much obscured

CORMORANT
while amid a total of c37 Mallard were both

female
and

male
preening.