Oh For the Wings of a Dove - Felix Mendelssohn

 The day started very 'slowly' as we watched this

GARDEN SNAIL
complete with 'nesting material'? negociate our front door from top to bottom after which things simply went stratospheric by way of communication from Dave Foot. On the 29/11/2012 it was my luck to find a prospective

SIBERIAN STONECHAT
more correctly known as

STEJNEGER'S STONECHAT
named, we presume, after the first person to describe it to science. Being far more adept than myself at describing such a creature to the Power's That Be it was Dave who submitted the details to the British Birds Rarities Committee for their adudication resulting in them

Finding in Our Favour

Unfortunately, because of security reasons, this fine fella could not be opened to a wider audience!
On to the overnight Moths, which were thin on the ground and lacking in colour,  there were at least a number of First's for the Year including.

PALE MOTTLED

WILLOW

THE

LYCHNIS

along with

DOUBLE SQUARE-SPOT
while our dear friend Sheila in Weymouth was no more than on her early morning walk when tripping over this migrant

SILVER-STRIPED HAWK-MOTH
a belter we have never even had a sniff of!
Also close to home there have been sporadic sightings of the male

MANDARIN DUCK
along with some conjecture as to the parentage of the

('Mallard'?) ducklings but while he has most certainly been in close contact

we see no signs of hybridisation at this very early stage, but take an objective look yourself!
Continuing our legal passage we note the

HELICOPTER's
are forming on the Sycamore's

Pennies in a Stream, Falling Leaves the Sycamore, Moonlight in Vermont - Frank Sinatra

A moment to enjoy what must be the most overlooked Bird in the World, the humble

HOUSE SPARROW
(we love 'em)

While reaching the Northern Limits things did look as if they could turn inclement - but no

as we found, unusually, a 'trio' of

STOCK DOVE's

MEADOW PIPIT

(presumed feeding young - oh to witness that!)

LILAC
in full bloom, more

BLOSSOM
swaying in the gentle breeze while

CANADA GOSLINGs
passed full muster and only a shade away from being of adult size, and the rain still held off!