All Around the World (Part One) - Oasis

Flying right in the face of the forecasters predictions
we did flash up all traps at dusk while the 'heavy stuff' kicked off at 04:00.
Continuing through the early morning stiffled the usual
Kid at Christmas Feeling
hence the later turnout with the post, an extra hour in the hammock, but we do have
some specimens from the day before!
There was however something of an antidote to all of this as we found the
Stat Counter
had gone off the scale to a record 874 hits on the modern day Blog.  
In earlier times this would have proved something of a disappointment but we are still in the
process of coaxing a wider audience - see what you can do please - send the link to yer pals!

 LARGE EMERALD

 compared for size with the tiny 
SMALL GRASS EMERALD

 TURNIP MOTH

The outrageously splendid
PURPLE-BORDERED GOLD

 Another identification stumbling block is

 SALTERN EAR
with my gut feeling being right this time as agreed by
Phil Sterling

 CREAM WAVE
and the one that seemed to bring the most joy despite the beauties above

 and not at all rare

 SLENDER BRINDLE
As the dearth continues we scratch around for a filler or two in an effort to keep our 

Valued Readership Happy.

As most, if not all, will be aware 2 of our

Greatest Passions in Life 

are Travel and Music (with particular attention to lyrics) 

so why not we take you on a whimsical look at a combination of both

All Around the World 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdT8ixdxPX4

We'll kick off with the SENSATION that is Oasis and then progress Upwards.

 BIG IN JAPAN - ALPHAVILLE

Neon on my naked skin, passing silhouettes
of strange illuminated mannequins.

Shall I stay here at the zoo

or should I go and change my point of view
for other ugly scenes

With the 'fine character' who is Jim the Medic in the southern city of Fukuoka. 

 WONDERFUL COPENHAGEN - DANNY KAYE

Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen
friendly old girl of a town

'Neath her tavern light on this merry night
Let us clink and drink one down

 (no need for a second asking)

 MEXICO - JAMES TAYLOR

Great Pyramid - Chichen Itza

Americano got the sleepy eye
But his body's still shaking like a live wire
Sleepy Señorita with the eyes on fire

Observatory - Chichen Itza
It sounds so sweet with the sun sinking low

The moon's so bright like to light up the night
Make everything all right

Oh, Mexico

MY ANTARCTICA - DURAN DURAN

with then lady-friend Sue Hallam

 Two hearts beating in this place you made me know, nothing changes 

My Antarctica.

This was all Sue's idea - WOW!

 ADELIE PENGUINs

 KING PENGUINs

CHINSTRAP PENGUIN

the Clown of them all.

 AMERICA  
Cast of West Side Story

 She is Liberty and she comes to rescue me,
Hope, Faith her Vanity - the greatest gift is gold! 
U2

 GRAND CANYON

 VIVA LAS VAGAS

ELVIS

Waders of the Lost Cause (pun)

The inclement weaather persists seeminly sending Bird and Mammal alike
to ground, and not to be outdone Moths also with a single exception.
The status of

 GOLD SWIFT
here is not known although rarely captured

 this being jst the second since 2014.
The high winds didn't help the photograph.
Harking back to the reference of recieving Wildlife Reports from other parts of the county,

via various Web-sites, the news of Little Ringed Plover successfully breeding at

 Lytchett Fields on the cusp of Poole Harbour

was recieved as something of a

Double Edged Sword.

The thrill of such a thing, particularly on ones own patch, is well known to me but, unlike those at Lytchett which will be properly protecteded ours, as Led Zeppelin would put it were simply

"Trampled Under Foot"!

 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER

newly arrived from their Winter Quarters maybe as far away as Africa

 start surveying the large gravelled area inside the

 Solar Panel Compound

 Prospective Nest Site

where what appears to be 

'random stone throwing' takeing place

 but not a bit of it as each pebble or tiny flint

 ends up forming the almost perfect circle of a nest on the ground.

Incubation

Then There Were Three

Genesis

the most adult birds seen at any one time was c6.

 Just Out of the Egg

 Juveniles growing by the minute 10 days old.

 2 weeks

 and then

Still and Clip

of juvenile 25 Days Old.

Having availed the parent company of their presence they even agreed to a 'site meeting' allowing me to point out the exact location of the nests with a request for ALL PARTIES to keep clear of that area!
This most certainly fell on deaf ears and cannot imagine these 2 companies had ever heard of a
Risk Assesment
as the following year what had then become a small colony fell to the grass cutters, who had not been briefed, with not a single bird having been seen here since!!!!
A prima facia case was produced by then PC Clair Dinsdale (now Sergent Dinsdale) of the 
Dorset Constabulary Wildlife Division
(as contrary to the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act)
but not followed through due to lack of manpower.
An attempt was made to follow up personally, but you try and find a 'Brief' who is willing to take on a Wildlife case - there seemed to be "no such animal"!
Money Wins Again!

Never on Sunday - Melena Mercouri

 who was first to sing this pleasant little ballard

in the film of the same name!

Never say Never as usually something can be found which

yesterday morning started in the garden with what looked every bit like c3 predated

PHEASANT EGGS

The chicks may have got away with it, but on the

ballance of probabilities being directly under the 

Wellingtonia Tree

where Magpies are feeding young it seems unlikely?

The bluster still continues, which we could do without, but working on the theory

"every cloud has a silver one"

the

WAVING GRASS

proved most theroputic.

Chicks that have 'got away with it' thus far are those of the

 CANADA GEESE

 on the main pond with all c4 being survivers and out of the clutches of Crows for sure!

Up at the ponds it was more a case of the proverbial bus as having one 

Sandpiper (Common) the day before another in the shape of a

 GREEN SANDPIPER

showed up which

was very

welcome indeed.

The 2 Moth Traps at Slight Return II had proved a disappointment

so hopes were pinned on the others where 

First's for the Year

included

 BEAUTIFUL BROCADE

along with

 SQUARE-SPORT RUSTIC

Had it not been for the very welcome sight of both adult and juvenile 

 GREENFINCH

 the cupboard would have been more or less bare

 but they put on a decent show

as obliging as you would want!

Sunday, so the day for turnig the Reptile covers, under which you never know 

what you may find, but en-route a quick check on the 

GOATS

That 

FRENCH ALPINE 

really does need to learn how to relax and on the way back a couple of

 GREYLING BUTTERFLIES

which are rarely seen to their best advantage as always

wings folded at perch and more often than not forewings also retracted.

The 'covers' did produce and as afore mentioned not only 

Reptiles

but first was a brace of

 SMOOTH SNAKE

first of which was this particularly 'dark' specimen not given to moving.

 and the second a little more lively

which may have done better had

my bonnet not blown off.

Additionally

WOOD MICE

appeared to be particularly active with both new-born

and slightly older juveniles.

At the last knockings we found the first fruits of the

 BRAMBLE

Blackberry Way it’s absolutely going down the drain
it's a terrible day.
Up with a knock silly girl I don't know what to say
she was running away.
So now I'm standing on the corner
lost in the things that I said.
What am I supposed to do without?

Goodbye Blackberry Way,
I can't see you, I don't need you!
Goodbye Blackberry Way
sure you'll want me back another day?

The Move as penned by their multi-tallented leader Roy Wood

 while in the lee of the

Eco Recycling Works Bund

were found a few

BROWN ARGUS BUTTERFLIES

which is about the only place we find them on our patch these days!