Forget Me Not - Eden Kane

Only potentially the ‘scarcest’ Bird that is likely to alight on our patch this year, so how the deuces could we have forgotten it?  We have to hark back to Thursday to find out, not about the absentmindedness but the

WRYNECK

which was seen briefly in flight before

perching on the Heather then disappearing as quickly as it had shown up!
This is the 3rd successive year that this species from mainland Europe has shown up here, with memories of the last one which was also a 4 Woodpecker day including

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER

GREEN WOODPECKER
along with the Sparrow sized

LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER
'not many of those to the pound' and we cannot continue before recalling another magical day at the
Portland Bird Observatory
when only on one single occassion we were privileged to see one

In the Hand.
Otherwise the overnight temperature, which continues to be unseasonably low, did once again produce the 'goods' adding

LUNAR MARBLED BROWN

(note the 'moon crescents' on the white bar)

SWALLOW PROMINENT

following the capture of close cousin
Lesser Swallow Prom yesterday, both being May-time Insects but much has been early this year. 

It was refreshing to find a 'pair' of

TUFTED DUCKs

on the Gravel Pit which has been more or less abandoned by Waterfowl and Waders alike this year,

as the female appeared to be totally ignoring her potential suiter

while he was buisily and obviously trying to turn the tide!
Back on the Heath it was more

LINNETs

with this irresitable songstress

knocking out a very

Plaintive Tune

Yet another

SLOW WORM

won't go horizontal

more repeats than BBC 1 but at last a

COMMON HEATH
moth going against the afore mentioned trend as 15 days later than last years first sighting.

We also note that the refurbished
Airport Fire Fighting Practice Area
seems to be completed and now looking foreward to here the alarm bells sound!
We also ended the day with another 'first for the year as a

LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY

was flitting and perching around the garden but be advised these

LARVAE
will be nibbling your
BRASSICA'S
in a few months time!

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