AUSTRALIA - Manic Street Preachers

Something of a magical start to yesterday as the early morning insomnia set in, but waking to find what they are calling a

BEAVER MOON
was just starting to transit the Star Tunnel (the Sky-Light directly above the bunk) referring to the time of year when those Mammals start to construct their Lodges. Additionally at dawn with the gadget showing only a single + degree hopes were not high for any returnes from the Moth Traps. "Oh yea of little faith", as it is well know among our peer group that we do not welcome Micro Moths (those mainly tiny little things you can hardly see and most not having a vernacular name, only one in Latin) at times we can hardly speak Ingrish Ploperly, there lay c2

MUSTOMA NITIDALIS

smaller than a 5 pence coin and numerous on the Heath. The story goes that these eye-catching Insects were intoduced to this county by horticulturalists importing Ferns from the Antipodes and readily took a foothold. During the night, the wind had backed to the north-east sending the airflow and the Moths in our direction so at least we did not draw a BLANK while additionally there was a nicely 'saddled' but small

EARTHWORM

along with the tiniest

of

SLUGs
Further north things were equally quiet as we inadvertently flushed a

GREY HERON
from the Irrigation Pond but relocating it 10 minures later on the banks of the

Gravel Pit
in company with c3

TEAL

and a seemingly lone

LITTLE GREBE
Somewhat better views of the

CHAROLAIS

ET AL
today hosting an opportunist

MAGPIE
behaving more like a

RED-BILLED OXPECKER

or even

YELLOW-BILLED OXPECKER
rather than the thief it is purported to be!