All Things Come to Those Who Wait??

 The only thing that can be relied upon in Nature / Wildlife is that between us we are surely killing it off! Otherwise, but at a local level, the second best certainty is once them there Ewe's and Lamb's are back in barracks

back also come the

RAVENs

looking in the first instance for that last knocking of any still to be discharged
placenta, the abundance of Sheep Ticks and Mites and the inevitable Fatality or so!
We will be in wait with Canon poised!
On the other hand the wait is over as the 'heads up' came on account of Wader 'calls', finding on the

Gravel Pit

not one, but 2
GREEN SANDPIPER

which was recorded back in January, on 'call' alone with the longest wait for a sighting,
59 days, ever at this location.
Not to overlook the Moth Traps, the Insects continue to trickle in

with a smart looking First For the Year

MULLEIN

OAK BEAUTY
on an Oak showing just how unobtrusive such Insects can be, along with continuing records of

CLOUDED DRAB

HEBREW CHARACTER

with a splendid
SATELLITE
along with the first

MAYFLY
of the year and it ain't even April yet!
While grubbing around the same area we found the familiar and attractive plant

MNIUM HORUM
(as identified by John Gifford)
and found later to have the splendid vernacular name of
SWAN'S-NECK THYME MOSS

With other blooms such as the irresistable to many Moth species

SALLOW BLOSSOM / CATKINS

things could get even better at the traps, with a

most obliging

COMMON BUZZARD

bringing another fruitful morning

 

to an end.