Around Midnight - Thelonious Monk

 Despite the seemingly never ending rains of recent days it doesn't seem to have dampened the vocals of the Dawn Chorus, in fact there has been more singing but from what might be described as a Midnight Mass. Of these the 2 latest additions have been both

TAWNY OWL
and

CETTI'S WARBLER
not considered to be 'returning birds' but those that have completed the business of breeding and may be looking for another crack at it? They are both species that we 'see' very little of but over the years we have had our moments as with the Owl a case of finding a convenient nest site within the

DOVECOT
at the Manor

with entry and exit holes hardlt big enough for a Dove let alone a fully mature

ADULT

with juvenile.

On the other hand we have never seen or searched for the nest of

Great Britain's Rarest Resident Warbler

as protected by the
Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981

but do get lucky infrequently and see them in late juvenile plumage and even luckier to have them on 'our patch'.

Otherwise, it was a dowdy looking bunch of critters secured in the Moth Traps but no less welcome as being added to the Year List.

COMMON RUSTIC

CLOAKED MINOR

SUSPECTED
and least attractive of them all

but a bit of a scarcity that not every enthusiast catches

ANOMALOUS

COMMON CENTAURY
along with

ORANGE HAWKWEED
are now blooming along the byways while

SMOOTH HAWK'S BEARD

is now covering about 50% of the largest
Solar Panel Compond
and where the

GOLD MEDAL WAS AWARDED TO........
In the self-same compound we also had no more than a fleeting glimps of a transiting

HOBBY
only the 3rd we have clapped eyes on this year
(not my image we hasten to add)
and the adult

GREENFINCH

along with the

BANDED DEMIOSEL'S
are in fine shape with a word of thanks to John Gifford for help with a number of identifications.