I Saw a Magpie in a Rainbow - Marillion

 While the dark and towering

CUMULUS CLOUD
chugged its way along the English Channel it brough little or no rain to our patch the

Back-up Cast

was the anemometer whipping around at a rate of knots.

 While the bulk of the bird that is the

EMU
is relatively shy and rarely presents a full frame we took the opportunity but rue the fact that we didn't endorse it with a video clip, another project for another day!

With all the Northern Thrushes seemingly having returned to Scandinavia for the Breeding Season

all down souther were the resident gathering of
HOUSE SPARROWs
which was by no means the same across the Norther Quater where the

FIELDFARE
appeared to be absent

REDWING

were still abundant

with the estimate still well into

Three Figures
Two sides of the coin were presented firstly at the Airport where on the roofs was a part

Leucistic / Piebald
JACKDAW
while along the Moors River a rather dark

CANADA GOOSE

which might qualify for

melanistic

status by comparison with the

Archetype.
There was no doubting

things were

Black and White

across the
Solar Panel Compound

where no fewer than c17

MAGPIES
were finding plenty of sustenance.
Although seen every day we still fine the take-off and landing of aircraft

AIRBUS
facinating particularly when one not sighted before such as this

AVRO R-J 100 of Jota Aviation