Feathering Your Own Nest

 Having hoped that

Jack Frost
had gone for good we returned to reality to find a thin veneer on the tennis court but of huge surprise

to fine not 'one' but 'two'
New Species for the Year within the Moth Traps

YELLOW HORNED

along with

OAK BEAUTY
bringing the Annual Total up to 14 species.
During the process it became obvious that one of the local

KESTRELs

was tucking into an equally avian breakfast as our recent and still yet small

MURMURATION

of Starlings, considered to be at least 150 strong, were also feasting on the Tennis Court with a reminder of the recent gale-force winds

cutting across our closely neigbouring

HOLM OAK
and on the Gravel Pit

seemingly the return of

 the male

TUFTED DUCK

as

LINNET
numbers increase across the

Solar Panel Compound
While across the Heath

COAL TIT

showing some sighs of

nest building.

Out of the Blue - E.L.O.

 

With the overnight high being around the +8°C mark hopes were high but the catch was low and certainly nothing to add to the Moth Year List. Otherwise, a small 'tickle' at the Gravel Pit where was found a potential partner for the recently arrived

male
SHOVELER

with the potential 'mate' already looking frisky!
However, with nothing more to add across the board it was found that the Solar Panel Compound was the place to be starting with a

Small Gaggle of

CANADA GEESE

in addition to which

we would also like to think that these 2 are a pair of

STOCK DOVE
some of which nest in the redundant aircraft close by.

Not to be outdone and not seen for over a month now the still single

RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
put in a brief 'fly-by' with images taken from the archive,

while it also looked as if the
MOLE
population were also trying tp catch up with the 'diggings' of the Badgers in recent days, and it was hoped that the single

LAPWING

found within might be the first of the 2023 breeding stock?

A small arrival of an estimated 15 to 20

MEADOW PIPIT

some of which are certain to procreate if not these then those that follow and finaly on our return a

MOORHEN
taking a Walk on the Wildside across the Bridleway.