The Hungry Must Be Fed!

 In the early gloom of another new day the

JACKDAWs
were mustering atop of the Ash Tree close to the horse stable prior to invading the garden bird feeders.

with a couple of

GREAT TIT
right outside the door hoping to get their beaks in with the follow up being this

SONG THRUSH
finding something nourishing in the margins.
Due to icey roads and frozen ponds more northern climes were abandoned for today at least with the focus turning more to the west and the Horse Paddocks where the dung-heap was sure to be an attractant to something or other, starting with the odd hungry

STARLING

singular

and ditto

PIED WAGTAIL

sharing the same spoils,

and while there is no firm evidence to show that this is the same

FIELDFARE

of a fair few days ago now

this Beauty was in the same Crab Apple tree.

and finally, the conundrum of the quickly disappearing Aircraft of yesterday was solved for us by our friend John in Weymouth. An Airbus ACJ of the Omani Royal Airforce and bringing back personal memories of a Diving Contract there, on Masirah Island, back in the 80's!