The Geese and the Ghost - Anthony Phillips

In the first instance, HUGE APOLOGIES for the absence of a Post yesterday due to day long Internet issues which will put us in arears until things level out. However, due to the persistance of our Valued Readership we did clue-up with more 'HITS' than usual. Thanks for persevering! 

 The delights of the continuing beauty of the

Early Morning Skies
warranted a mention on last nights BBC weather forecast while the wildlife

Heralds of the Daylight Hours
featured this very small skein of

GREYLAG GEESE
which alight just briefly no more than a couple of hundred yards away.

Returning to the Moth Traps we were to find yet another modest catch, but good for the time of year, starting with c2

RED-GREEN CARPET

yet another
MERVEILLE du JOUR in close company with a BLACK RUSTIC,

LESSER YELLOW UNDERWING
and surely close to the last of the year

CADDISFLY?

while in the wider-world it took no time at all to find the c2 escapee

BELTED GALLOWAYS
were still on the loose.

While transiting the Solar Panel Compound we took in the eyecatching and skeletal proportions of the now leafless Silver Birches, before having to utter a quiet BINGO to ourself

as the slight movement that caught the eye turned out to be one of the wayward

RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
absent for a number of months now

but matching very nicely with the one found 'down south' no more than a few days ago!
A slow amble back found no more than this couple of nicely plumed

STARLING
on the overhead cable in company with no more than a lone but equally fine looking

WOOD PIGEON
which comes nowhere near comparison with the
13,750 south-west of Studland, a further 12,750 close to Abbotsbury along with 5,950 at West Bay on Wednesday!

"At the Sign of the Prancing Pony"

 J. R. R. Tolkien