Butterfly - Willie Nelson

 Unfortunately, getting a little repetative now but all we can give you is 'what we have got'!

again
RED-GREEN CARPET

GREY SHOULDER-KNOT
and

DECEMBER MOTH 

graced the traps but right outside of our comfort zone came one of the 'micro'

PLUME MOTHs
which, with just a glance at the double page from the

FIELD GUIDE,
may just distract you as well!

Outside of this and in 'Active Mode' an obliging

WOODLOUSE
and maybe the same

RED ADMIRAL

of previous days?
Otherwise, we did pay a brief visit to the Heath, more out of desperation than expectation where was found not a Creature Great or Small but when needs must just clicking what there was.

DEAN's DITCH

looking east

and then west throught the bushes of
MYRTLE
followed by a few incidental snaps of such things as the

additional

wind damage

allowing for closer views of the decaying

BRACKET FUNGI

and hopefully a larder for the incoming

Northern Thrushes
and ending with the New Toy an

Automatc Hover Lawn Mower 

'Cus me, I'm just a lawnmower you can tell me by the way I walk!

Genesis

AUSTRALIA - Manic Street Preachers

Something of a magical start to yesterday as the early morning insomnia set in, but waking to find what they are calling a

BEAVER MOON
was just starting to transit the Star Tunnel (the Sky-Light directly above the bunk) referring to the time of year when those Mammals start to construct their Lodges. Additionally at dawn with the gadget showing only a single + degree hopes were not high for any returnes from the Moth Traps. "Oh yea of little faith", as it is well know among our peer group that we do not welcome Micro Moths (those mainly tiny little things you can hardly see and most not having a vernacular name, only one in Latin) at times we can hardly speak Ingrish Ploperly, there lay c2

MUSTOMA NITIDALIS

smaller than a 5 pence coin and numerous on the Heath. The story goes that these eye-catching Insects were intoduced to this county by horticulturalists importing Ferns from the Antipodes and readily took a foothold. During the night, the wind had backed to the north-east sending the airflow and the Moths in our direction so at least we did not draw a BLANK while additionally there was a nicely 'saddled' but small

EARTHWORM

along with the tiniest

of

SLUGs
Further north things were equally quiet as we inadvertently flushed a

GREY HERON
from the Irrigation Pond but relocating it 10 minures later on the banks of the

Gravel Pit
in company with c3

TEAL

and a seemingly lone

LITTLE GREBE
Somewhat better views of the

CHAROLAIS

ET AL
today hosting an opportunist

MAGPIE
behaving more like a

RED-BILLED OXPECKER

or even

YELLOW-BILLED OXPECKER
rather than the thief it is purported to be!

I'm a King Bee - Slim Harpo

 Despite a dip in temperature those beautiful little critters still continue to grace the Moth Traps, represented last night by the likes of

ANGLE SHADES

DOUBLE-STRIPED PUG

BLOOD-VEIN
along with a somewhat unexpected

BARRED SALLOW

although we are reliably informed that one or three have been caught across the County in recent nights.

Across something of a gloomy day there were things to see but because of the conditions not really condusive with Canonisation - best get the excusses out of the way firstly!

A distant squadron of

 WOOD PIGEONs

were the largest flock for this end of the year thus far,

while close by was found one of the 'dark-billed' variety of 'northern'

BLACKBIRD
and while not seen, our first

FIELDFARE
of the oncoming Winter was heard continuously 'chacking' at some distance.
The Butterfly net was deployed to capture one of a number of

BUFF-TAILED BUMBLEBEEs
still on the wing while along the course of the River Stour another
Tale of the Unexpected

as this OTTER put in an all to brief appearance.
What else was spotted had but one thing in common, the continuing Gloom with the

local opportunist male

KESTREL

watching from above for anything tham might move in the grass below, while the

ROOKs

just sat waiting for the coast to be clear before returning to plundering the
Chicken Feed.
We may call it coincidental but our shortened day ended with another

BUMBLEBEE
this time
WHITE-TAILED

Colour My World - Backstreet Boys

 If nothing else we certaily got a blaze of colour out of yesterday's sortie but, unless you count the persistant 'cackling' of the c3 (the other camera-shy)

GUINEAFOWL
it is believed we have heard the last of the Dawn Chorus for this year. However, like most things in nature as one thing goes another takes its place which in this instance is the daily toing and froing of a modestly sized skien of

GREYLAG GEESE
heading west across the early morning sky to the maize stubble fields beyond, and returning east later in the day, most likely to the sanctuary of the Avon Causway to roost.

Still determined to wring the very last specimen out of the Moth Traps we caught what might also be the last addition to the 2021 List in the shape of the very variable

GEM
the top Insect being the one caught with the other just an examply of variation.

During that process, another Tale of the Unexpected as we noticed a male

BULLFINCH
perched a few yards away and a scarce, to say the least, visitor to the garden.

Far more usual was the continued precense of the small 'charm' of

GOLDFINCH
at the pond side and adding to the
Ocean Colour Scene but there are always those that will only see things in

Black 'n' White

COOT
Seems the

ROBIN
was paying no heed to the advisory notice as the 'combatants' of

none contact sports

pursued their own disciplins!

PHEASANTs
Not seen personnally, it would be considered ethical to include the

RED KITE
which invaded our air-space on the day as reported by the Dorset Bird Club, as flying across our air-space

as the MINSTRALs theme

continued with the escapee, yes still at large,

BELTED GALLOWAYs
still enjoy their new found freedom while finaly 3 'splashes' of colour in quick succession included

a difficult to click

KINGFISHER

at the Gravel Pit,

The autumn leaves drift by my window,
the autumn leaves of red and gold.
I see your lips, the summer kisses,

the sunburned hands I used to hold.

But I miss you most of all my darling when Autumn Leaves start to fall.

Nat King Cole

on the way to the Solar Panel Compound
where were found

c2, yes 2
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE

within.
Think that has put a 'bit of colour' in all of our lives!!!!