What Lies Beneath - Robin Trower

Robin Trower @ Rockpalast Crossroads

Self professed Jimi Hendrix reincarnate and likely
as famous for his 'facial expressions' as his guitar playing.
Robin Trower on Wikipedia

Hugh and Janet left PCF early this morning for yet another of their journeys to Strange and Far Away places. This time it's Siberia where they will cruise the east coast from Anadyr to nearly the full length of the Kamchatka Peninsular - we wish them Bon Voyage in the knowledge that

 Favourite Son

FLIPPER

will be well taken care of!

We are still a day behind with much of our Wildlife updates, so those on
Facebook (not a member) and Twitter (not a member either) have already
been privy to these (say it myself I shouldn't)
Exceptional Images
of an
Exceptional Insect.

CLIFDEN NONPAREIL

is not at all a common Moth this being only the 'second' caught here at PCF.

The name derives from 
Clifden (now Cliveden), the name of a village in Buckinghamshire, England,
and nonpareil, Middle French for a person or thing that has no equal, a paragon.       

That just about sums it up!

and what about What Lies Beneath?

Soon after taking these images there was an encounter with a gentleman
Blackberry Picker, who soon revealed that is knowledge of Wildlife
extended far beyond 'Soft Fruits'.
Showing these images he made a similarity to a Candelabra

which immediately turned my thoughts to the 2 trips made to

Peru where, on both occasions, the boat trip was taken to the 

Ballastas Islands, where one is able to view the

PARACAS CANDELABRA

also known as the

CANDELABRA of the ANDES

Although the exact age of the Candelabra geoglpyh is unknown, archaeologists have found pottery around the site dating back to around 200 B.C.

SUMMER AT LAST?
afraid not, within 20 minutes of this shot there was a heavy rain shower.

EVENING PRIMROSE
which used to be a Cash Crop here and

REDSHANK
(in my case, not to be confused with the Wading Bird of the same name)

Now what have we here?

Not certain, but for now am going for

WOOD MOUSE

and Wood Mouse Nest

containing c3 Micelets.

one being very active in exploration.

One of the adults was keeping a watchful eye on the juvenile

and trying to return it to the nest.

These clips will show things much more clearly.

TLC

That's if we can get them to upload this time!

Followed by a bit of action on
Merritown Heath.
An unexpected encounter with a young

WOOD PIGEON

which appeared to be injured

and/or could not fly?

It was easily caught and carefully examined, and found to have no
apparent injuries.

Gently tossed into the air it flew a full 200 yards before coming to
rest once again on the Heather. Little more to be done, so left to its own devices.

JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT HEATHER
know you know what I have to put up with!

More SNAKES and we think
GRASS SNAKE

but like the Mouse if you have a better idea we are always ready to learn.

and another

SMOOTH SNAKE

ANTS

bring to an end our programme for today except for 2 'late snippets.
Hugh and Janet have landed safely in a very sunny Moscow, while at
Bournemouth International Airport
there have been more Military Aircraft flying than there were at the recent
Air Festival
(we hope to get photos to you in the coming days).

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Against the Odds - Phil Collins

With the Rain in Spain and the Wind in the Willows we could have done well without an 'electrical' and a 'mechanical' problem as well! The Farm Yard wiggly-amps were still down until late evening and then the St-Range Rover started playing up, we feel an overdraft coming on!! Had all 5 traps been firing on all 6 cylinders it is doubted that the catch would have been any better, given the weather, but it's that early morning search that provides the excitement. Still we sallied forth, what you might call A the O!

Nothing new for Year or Property but a sprinkling of things that could have flown in from a bit further afield?

 SILVER Y

 VESTAL

 of which is said, the lighter the colour the further they have travelled.

 Maybe a very distant wanderer then?

 Also on the small side

PALE MOTTLED WILLOW

and a 'local' for sure
MAIDEN'S BLUSH

in addition we had a

COMMON CARDER BEE
before tripping off to the Solar Panel Compounds.

Not a lot doing except for the now regular (mostly young)

GOLDFINCH
and

GREENFINCH
enjoying the abundance of Thistle heads.
Then at long last the the long awaited addition to the 

FLYBE FLEET

SPIRIT of BOURNEMOUTH
was, some weeks ago now, the first to sport their new livery,
since when the combination of me, the camera and it hadn't
materialised until today.
Onward to Merritown Heath
and first up a very brief appearance but nice surprise.

FIELD VOLE

or as some authorities have it

SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE
For some days now the prospect of a Fungi Forage has been muted,
so it was thought a short reci might be in order.

First up was a case IT finding ME rather than the other way about.

The striking

FLY AGARIC
is easy to spot, once you've seen it!

MERRITOWN WOOD
and what little was seen took some finding.
All 'identifications' are credited to John Gifford except for the

Slow Worms
which are just about manageable. 

TRAMELES (species) likely HIRSUTA

An interestingly 'covered' fallen branch which to me is
MOSS (left) LICHEN (right)
it just ain't as simple as that, in fact it is darn right difficult.

BRYOPHYTE species (left) and possibly

PUNCTELIA BORREN  (right)

Our final specimen is still in the 'mix' as far as identification is concerned,

so for now at least we won't be tossing it into an omelette.

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