Moon River - Andy Williams

 We feel that our much Valued Readership really don't mind whether the Post represents Friday or Michaelmas Wednesday as far as publication is concerned but would point out that the setting

ORANGE SUPER MOON

was in fact on Tuesday morning. Later in the day, as soon as daylight allowed we were in for another most welcome Moth but not before watching

a tussel directly above our head as

COMMON BUZZARD and CARRION CROW
locked horns!
Having been distracted we almost forgot about the once again Zero early morning temperature but soon warmed to the day when finding the only Moth across the 2 traps at home was not even contained within, but holding on doggedly to the rim of the funnel.

GREAT PROMINENT

right at the beginning of its

Flight Period

but seemingly not minding a bit of a walk as well!

with the 'also ran' being a similarly lone

PALE PINION
while simultaneously spotting

the first blooming

GREEN ALKANET
A quick look across both northerly Ponds produced no more than the continued presense of the

pair of

TUFTED DUCKs

with a display of
Roll Preening

Little of interst from the other traps while the nearby

ROWAN (Mountain Ash) seemed to burst into leaf overnight.
Again, good numbers of the more common and expected species, which we will highlight again in a later Post, saw us head off for the Solar Panel Compound to find

GREENFINCH
(male and female)

(male)

making preperations.

STOCK DOVEs

still looking nonplussed about losing thier nesting site.
To the Solar Panel Compound and firstly finding Sheep back

within

after the
Nettle Spraying

c2 Lapwing at a Distance

which could spell good fortune as this areaa is a

Traditional Nesting Site

It looked as if this sprakling male

STARLING

had bitten off more than it could chew

with this plump Larvae.
Time for tea as the last rays of the Sun spotlighted these 2 male

PHEASANTs

ended the day as it had begun with a tussle before

Taking the High Ground!