Bilateral Gynandromorphus

YES, WE BET YOU'VE BEEN WONDERING WHEN WE WOULD GET AROUND TO THAT??

Just when you thought you've got to grips with ALL the traits of Mother Nature someone comes along and chucks another Spanner in the Works. On this occassion it was our highly valued freind Dave in Sunny Weymouth. Yes, he of the

GOLDEN TWIN-SPOT
but this time far, far more bizarre!

"Something else you may consider to put on your Blog next time you get
a quiet or rained off day, is the wonder of

Bilateral Gynandromorphs in Moths

This is where the Moth is 'male' on one side and 'female' the other with the attached photo showing a

The attached photos show a Shuttle-shaped Dart with male on the left
and female on the right.

The head-on view shows the difference between
the male (jagged) and female (smooth) antennae".
All else showed an out of sync dawn chorus shared by both

CETTI'S WARBLER
and the roudy local

KESTREL
followed by watching these nearby horses

trying to get a drink through the freeze while unusual it was back to full

OPEN WATER at the GRAVAL PIT
but no returning Waterfowl as yet and of the

JACOB SHEEP

a little blurred still but the best shots so far this year!
With a little time on our hands a short sortie was undertaken to
Longham Lakes
where it was mostly usual suspects

with one exception

this smart little

LESSER REDPOLL

a member of the
Finch Family

not ever recorded by myself at this site before.
There is a chance of a number of new readers joining us today who we welcome whole-heartedly
and thank them again for the all to brief encounter yesterday which we will get around to in days to come.