The Hot Chestnut Man - Johnney Morris

 A welcome start to the day as taking a wander along the banks of the

River Stour

and watching this little beauty fly right before my eyes before landing on the opposite bank.
A First for the Year

LITTLE EGRET
but it didn't help to un-seize the Strange Rovers steering, but we know a man who can

and followed in quick time by a Second for the Year

REED BUNTING 

With the very kind help of the Farm Manager who aforded me a ride to at least tend the Moth Traps (a priority as we don't want any of those little beauties to loose their life on our account). 

SUCCSESS

with just a single insect but a

First for Year

CHESTNUT
while at the Irrigation Pond the distinctive squeals of a

WATER RAIL
which we have already recorded in similar circumstances but at the

 Gravel Pit

but our money would go on it having moved to the more usual location in this

CULVET
bordering the south side of the Irrigation Pond.

The final prize of the day came as a result of a call from the Green Keeper Ian who told of the

BARN OWL

still quartering the wooded margins of the

Driving Range.