New Kid in Town - The Eagles Part II

 In order to cram a Quart into a Pint Pot we had monitored the Home Traps before the Apprentices arrived hoping that Dave would come up with a decent catch that we could save for later. While interested in all aspects of the Wild World there is nothing these youngsters like better than turning the Reptile Covers, which also provide the odd small Mammal on occasion but not on the day.

Just a quick look at the best on show at home included

CREAM-SPOT TIGER

and

POPLAR HAWK-MOTH

before getting amonst those covers while noting that the

ASPENS
(left) are now in full leaf, quite a picture.

Across the 15 covers

there were a total of c5

SMOOTH SNAKES

with their distinctive

Heart Shaped Crown Markings

while interspursed by a number of other creatures such as

GREEN HAIR-STREAK BUTTERFLIES

on

BROOM

and

MEADOW PIPIT
feeding young before finding under the final cover both

ANT'S NEST
and a couple of

WHITE-LIPPED SNAILs

It would also seem that those who porport to be gardians of this precious area have, at long last, dug out a sandy area for the benifit of

 SAND LIZARDS
(of which we saw a single) promised a number of years ago and a scruffy, to say the least,

BLUE TIT
at its ablutions while a number of

SMALL HEATH BUTTERFLIES
flittered around
as "All Good Things" as the saying goes, but not before relocating the

MELODIOUS WARBLER

with the Children delighted

even though at some distance

but not seen since

over the last 3 days!
Dave took it upon himself to save the

LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER

for himself after we had left

but some you Win and some you Don't!
With the final chapter tomorrow if all goes well!