China Girl - David Bowie

 Despite the almost continuous overnight rain again, by dusk it had moderated to no more than a light drizzle which wouldn't prevent us getting to the Moth Traps. At home the first to be noticed was the

diminutive

CHINESE CHARACTER
which on a dull day could easily be overlooked for a bird-dropping.

COMMON WHITE WAVE
made up the pair of first's for year and as ever we checked out the

MUTE SWAN NEST
which has now been emblazened by natural growth and some carefully selected Reed
but not a sign of a Sygnet.

At the gateway to the Heath the DAISIES had not swung out of the hammock yet, as only 06:15 but a good start at the traps with a

COXCOMB PROMINENT

was first to be potted and added to the Year List while the now daily opportunist

female and

male
CHAFFINCH
flitted just above head height.

GREEN TIGER BEETLE

is always a welcome and eye-catching addition but not as much as the f.f.y.

and almost prehistoric

PALE TUSSOCK
We wouldn't consign the following hour to the
Boring Catagory
which might have been welcome as one of only 2 things left on the
Bucket List.
Just 10 minutes to see what it is like but roundly entertained by the blooming

ROWAN
(or Mountain Ash if you prefere)
and a presumed parent

MEADOW PIPT

which by then was fighting against the showers to sustain a

Nest Full?
During the all too brief intervals there was time to admire the now blooming

HAWTHORN

and turn a couple of the covers

to find just a single

SMOOTH SNAKE
Just out of curiosity and the fact that the heavy rain might be doing some good we started heading south but but not before checking the now wide awake

DAISIES
and finding en-route a couple of most obliging

SWALLOWs
this one facing Forward and

the other facing Aft
while across the

MAIZE FIELDs
new shoots spring eternal and while not yet quite as "high as an Elephants eye" with a little more presipitation it could well "climb clear up to the sky"!
Oh What a Beautiful Morning!

Through my own fault you may have missed the second Post of Friday 16th so would refer you back to that as well and the New Addition to the Local Bird List!