Chasing Our Tail

 With the Readership still firmly in the Doldrums we will, for the immediate future, carry on as normal but feel

The End could be Nigh

Like the 10% Waxing Cresent of a few days ago.
Another

heavy frost, no differnt from elsewhere in the County we presume, again kept us away from the Moth Traps but did find this tiny

BLACK SLUG
trying to gain access which surely must be following it sences of something within?

While the local
SONG THRUSH

was having to work hard for its breakfast!

No even the Strange Rover gets away with it and again from a few days ago!
In sharp contrast to previous days, when we hosted such goodies as 'hundreds' of Fieldfare and Chaffinch, the only thing of mild interest was this rapidly decending

AIRCRAFT
Up north, where it is always 1 or 2 degrees, cooler both ponds were devoid of Birdlife while in the slightly warmer surrounds of the Sewerage Works we found

the presumed c3

STONECHAT

which have been absent (or likely not spotted) since the turn of the year.
Also there was but a single

CHIFFCHAFF
where due to the extra warmth radiating from the works a ready supply of Insect life usually attracts a dozen or more. Nevertheless, both species were added to the Year List.

Next to be encountered was this rather ragged and 'grey' looking

FOX
crossing open ground while on our way to the
Solar Panel Compounds

where within were found a hat-trick of addition to the list starting with a small flock of

LINNETs

a couple of

RAVENs
which do tend to favour the compounds and maybe

as many as a dozen

MEADOW PIPITs
when returning home at the local pond a little padding was found by courtousy of
ballet-like preening

juvenile
and

adult male
MUTE SWANs