The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis

 With foot firmly in mouth, yes conditions did get worse with the overnight temperature bottoming out at Zero but again not effecting the Dawn Chorus! Amoung that there were 2 tiny birds at about 30 feet feeding in the margins so just took a snap to see if they could be identified later. Still not 100% but leaning on the side of

WHITETHROAT
(maybe Bomber and / or John might give me a bell, E-Mail duff, with their oppinion)

 Again, despite the 'zero' there were Moths in all Traps, no First for the Year but represented by

TWIN-SPOTTED QUAKER

along with

CHESTNUT

at the very best and while exiting the Solar Panel Compound found the first

ESCAPEE LAMB
(you'll note the Solar Panels are the other side of the fence!
It had been practice in the past to phone the Shepherdess on such occassions but she insisted that they would find there own way back.

This was true in part but my concerns were still that a wanderer might just get to thr main road and cause havoc!!!! Plenty of Bird Song first brought

NUTHATCH
to the Day List followed in the same area by

this pair of obliging

BLACKCAP

c2 vocal
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERs

between our first couple of clumps of May Blossom inspiring us to start casting

 'CLOUTS' 

without delay.

All that was recorded across both ponds were these c2

CANADA GEESE
with the 'float' being an unlikely nesting site but we'd like to see that happen!
Long before we are likely to there was the matter of heading back south with,
'unbeknown' as yet the 2 surprises that did lay in store.

Firstly therse 2
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE

which were considered long gone from this area only having seen the lone bird up north for a number of years. While maybe in a similar league a most unexpected and maybe rather tardy 

FIELDFARE

Looking as though still 'Bunkering' for the long flight back to
Northern Europe?

 

There is lambswool under my naked feet, 

the wool is soft and warm gives off some kind of heat.

Carpet Crawl - Genesis