The Harry Lime Theme - Anton Karas

 As far as the name is concerned, here on the Farm, it is something of a misnomer to call them

'COMMON' SWIFT
as something of a rarity but not yesterday morning. Stepping outside at 05:15 the sky was full of them, many dozens rather than hundreds, but just in the instant it took to pick up the Canon, they were gone! Not a great disaster eventhough we would have enjoyed capturing them en-mass the Moth Traps soon redressed the balance with New for the Year

an absolutely stunning

SCARLET TIGER MOTH

a far less glamorous
DARK SWORD-GRASS

JULY HIGHFLYER
As making enough noise to waken the dead it seemed like an invitation to visit the second brood of

KESTRELs

with Male parent

before heading north and finding an unexpected pod of

SYGNETs
on the Gravel Pit with no sign of nest or parents??

A

thermalling

COMMON BUZZARD

while admiring the seemingly never ending hedgerows and particularly flowering

ELDER

Close to the Heath it was considered that this

COAL TIT

may be preparing for a 'second brood'?
With Wild Flowers now at their Best we decided to add a couple of examples

A Mixed Bunch

along with

FOXGLOVE

and even the invasive
FERNs
looking eye-catching.

Only our second sighting of Fungi for the year, this almost on the doorstep
and finally an overlooked

LIME HAWK-MOTH

still hanging on to an egg-tray!