The Tender Trap - Frank Sinatra

The Post that nearly Got Away should have been posted a couple of days ago! but first an appology ref the Sparrowhawks lost dinner, the Tit's are all Blue as pointed out to me this morning - another Senior Moment!

Despite the cold and frosty look of the new month

the overnight temperature had remained in double figures, bringing with it some success at the

Moth Traps
but feel had the wind been in any other quarter than West, blowing directly onto the traps, the catch may have been more abundant. No time for if's or but's as first out was a

performing

ICHNEAUMAN WASP

DUNG FLY
and wait for it, a

MOTH
MOTTLED UMBER
If our luck was that much IN without pushing it a visit to the long neglected Heath was thought in order, but not before covering the areas close by with all on show being a couple of dozen each of

FIELDFARE

and

REDWING

before a brief encounter with our friend

LISA

(and her friend, apologies for not making her acquaintance)
on their early morning canter.
Seeing Lisa, or other family members, always puts me in mind of the

MIGHTY OAK

in their garden, but we digress!
GREAT to be back on the Heath once more but,

by the sound of bird-song things didn't look to promising

Oh Yea of Little Faith!

a total count of c5

STONECHAT

only RODENT's NESTSs

under the covers,

but only a single

DARTFORD WARBLER

BRISTLEBENT FIELD
and as we know where they roost did manage to add

WOODCOCK
to the Year List, a borrowed image for illustration as we have never been skillful enough to capture one of our own, while the departing gesture was provided by a vocal

NUTHATCH
which has been recorded this year but not until now on home turf!