Cuckoo Cocoon - Genesis

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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

With another sunny Spring-like day on Friday (despite the wind) and others predicted for the week-end, it was more than we could resist not to flash up the Moth Traps despite the oncoming overnight -3°C. Only my own slant on things, but surely with all that sunshine and warmth ‘cocoons’ must have been popping left, right and midships and tending the traps proved that some had!

OAK BEAUTY

SATELLITE
along with

YELLOW HORNED
nothing new but Moth's is Moth's!

Wrapped up in some powdered wool - I guess I'm losing touch.
Don't tell me this is dying, 'cause I ain't changed that much.
The only sound is water drops, I wonder where the hell I am,
Some kind of jam?

Cuckoo Cocoon have I come to, too soon for you?

Heading north it seemed as if the

POLICE HELICOPTER 

was about to pounc upon us but attentions focused elsewhere as arriving at the 

Irrigation Pond 

to find this

COOT

had taken up station there a even as a good find this may also be the vangaurd

of the next breeding attempts - it was certainly feeding well.
Another 'blink of the eye' and more goodies just around the corner where in the first instance

stopped to capture this

MAGPIE

a wily bird at anytime but seems to drop its guard a little during the nesting season.
Prospecting We Think and just a minor interuption as spotting a pair of

GADWALL

not yet cavorting

(male)
but highly unlikely to breed here

(female)

First for the Year on Home Turf!

Amid a cluster of c7

CANADA GEESE

with this image particularly giving some indication of the quality of the day,

but they were already 'at it' in part........
Also 'at it' in quite a different direction and in view from theHeath

AIRPORT FIRE BRIGADE

but wait as we may there were to be

no FLAMES on this excercise while a count of 4

AIRBUSES
stood quietly close by.
A look around us presented a similar picture to that at the Pond, across the Heath

toward the
ASPENS
and when the

FRENCH ALPINE RARE BREED GOAT
sprints towards you, in pose, who could resist a 'click'?
At this point we could also hear the low-key chattering but no sight of a
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
but were far more attracted to the 'chipperings and songs' a little further away.
Totally irresistable, we believe there have already been advisory warnings of more to come as

WOODLARK
were once again on parade with their stubby shortened tails and

eyebrows (supercilium) that meet at the nape

while varaciously fattening up

for what seems likely to be

yet another

bountiful

Breeding Season
with

TEAL

on the Moors River once again bringing our

'little ditty' to a conclusssion!

This was by no means the end of the day with Part II planned for your laptop tomorrow.