Digging for Victory

A new species of Moth for the New Year

was a most welcome start to yet another damp day, the migrant

PEARLY UNDERWING
but little besides until we stumbled across our

Old Favourite

in just about the same spot as it spent the last days of 2022 the lone

RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
posing as ever with this couple of irresistible

HERRING GULLs
perched on the Solar Panels added simply for our love of the whole family group!
Next came as something of a surprise to find that the 'unseen'

BADGERs

had been putting in a 'night shift' re-excavating their Sett on the

BRONZE-AGE TUMULI

while we watched and listened to the clatter of this most welcome

AIRBUS A340
out of Bournemouth International passing directly overhead.

Seems
MR MOLE

had been in on the act as well.
All that was found down south was this friendly gathering

of those about to be involved in the laying of a new
Bridleway this being just one third of the total representatives!
While finally a quick shot, by way of an update, of the juvenile

MUTE SWANs
of last year looking to be doing very well, gone it would seem the Flying Angel feathers!