The Silence of the Lambs - Hannibal

 With 70 specimens x 10 species of Macro Moth taken from the Heath yesterday, but not a sausage from home, there was surely going to ba a First for the Year among them with Pride of Place going to

BRINDLED PUG
with a back-up cast of a brace of

TWIN-SPOTTED QUAKER
already gracing the list, while that pesky Grey Heron once again came tantalisingly close but still not into view while the local pair of

KESTRELs

once agin, occupy the nest box in the stable intended for Barn or Tawny Owl.
A game of 2 halves from there on where to continue between the Heath and Moor River were found a distant couple of

melanistic

PEASANTS
not at all usual here unlike the 

irresistable

and even blacker

fine specimen of this

Close Encounter

BLACKBIRD
Going by the shape of the leaves

we are considering this as our first

DANDILION
while

SPONECHAT
now appear to have moved in 'mob-handed' a dozen + today.

Along the Moors River there was no more than this male

TEAL
but our arrival at the Solar Panel Compounds were as if we had made an appointment!

Not quite as "SILENT" as the headline suggests

there are now 200 head

of mixed

EWES

and
LAMBS

across 2 Compounds of lush Grass.
We will keep you updated from time to time.

Another relatively quiet day which we prefer to describe as the 

CALM BEFORE THE 'SWARM'!