Sweet Painted Lady - Elton John

 First up on yet another chill and wet morning were a 'pair' of rather large

GARDEN SNAILs
directly under the doorstep and seemingly doing "the what comes naturally"?

 However, the chill and the damp didn't seem to have detered the Moths with

a docile

FOX MOTH

LIGHT EMERALD

and

COMMON WAINSCOT
being added to the Year List.
Down south, for all our efforts, there were but 2 newly placed

Cranes (well one Crane and one drilling rig) on the horizon

but whatever, enough to stimulate our memories of the only c2 we have ever recorded here COMMON CRANE
back in 2017

and remenicent of our occassional visits to the

Somerset Levels

A quick visit into Bournemouth International Airport had the desired effect as finding at least 3 dozen

HOUSE MARTIN

already gathering nesting material from a

nearby pond followed by our 'third' overflying

COMMON GULL
of the year which is a 'rarity' here!
Back on home turf the stratigically placed

CABLE DRUM

had produced the desired effect

as having been placed there purposefully to attract nesting

PIED WAGTAIL
c2 already fledged and a third still being fed within.

This relatively bare-boughed OAK contrasted sharply with the one at the gateway to the Heath

which is hopefully just waiting to host this years batch of
Purple Hairstreak Butterflies

while in the next breath

along came our first

PAINTED LADY

of the year with our wander ending with

MEADOW PIPIT
feeding young and

young

STARLINGs

feeding themselves!