Still Struggling but, Not Giving Up

 With both laptops now seriously on their knees who knows how long the Bagsy Blog will survive, but the computer doctor has been summond! Add to that the continuing light rain, that gets you wet in very quick time we can only look on the bright side being a couple or 3 days behind with the posts! Other than that there is only good news as again we teased 2 First for the Year from the Moth Traps:-

including

DOTTED CHESTNUT

along with

TAWNY PINION
neither eyecatching but surely they will arrive in days to come.
Otherwise, it was left to the attendant

Garden Birds

such as

ROOKs
now busily feeding young

and similarly the more local

KESTREL
(yes again)

and another short showing of our own 'small' murmuration of

STARLINGs

Ducks are a-Dabbling Up Tails All

 As the name suggests

SCARCE PROMINENT

is up there on the 'wants list' of most who participate in such things
and when sending the images off to higher authority just to be sure we were not dreaming.
This is in fact the 'second' specimen of this creature we have secured here! Not content with that alone we also caught

EARLY GREY

new for the year.

Again not much of a day for being out there with the return of the rain but the hungry must be fed and with Waterfowl most prominent our attention was drawn to them.

While elsewhere MUTE SWANs have laid eggs between our 2 resident pairs not a stick has been lifted in an attempt to even lay the foundations of a nest.

At the other end of the scale a pair of

LITTLE GREBE
on each of the northern ponds are in the act of noisily displaying while as has been reported before the

EGYPTIAN GEESE
have alread brought off young and there are likely to be more as today's count amounted to 12 adult individuals an the Moors River alone!

While what amounts to a long staying 'pair' GADWALL have never been proven to breed across our area, which also applies to both

SHOVELER

 (male)

(female)

and

TEAL
while a fair bet would be that both

CANADA GEESE
+

GOSLINGs

GREYLAG

GEESE
and surely

MALLARD

Fight the Good Fight with all Thy Might

 Despite the wind having dropped dramatically the day still stated with something of a rumble as this

BOEING GLOBEMASTER C - 17

took to the wing out of
Bournemouth International Airport

but not so much luck from the Traps as not a single 'Insect' across the 3 let alone a 'Moth', but every

Cloud has a Silver Lining and then, before we knew it,

we found ourself

in the midst of

a major

Cock Fight

and to the 'Victor' go the 'Spoils'
while a trio of

BLACK-HEADED GULLS
took little of our attention before being beckoned by one of the Equestrian Ladies

pointing out that for a 3rd time in recent years a pair of

WRENs

had commandeered part of her horse food rack

as a nest site.

Same Old Story - Rory Gallagher

 While the rain has just about abated (the kiss of death) still the force of the wind is reaching the middle range of the Beaufort Scale, but still we struggle on as does the odd Moth,

 not the First of the Year but the Second and thought worthy of another airing!

PINE BEAUTY
A brief wander off-piste before what action there was got underway with a little inspiration from

You make the old Magnolia Tree blossom

at the mention of your name.
Your special fascination'll, will prove to be inspirational,
we think you're just sensational Mame!

Written by Gerry Herman

and sticking with the theme for another couple of clicks we checked out the 

Airport Rookery

and closer to home to find the first of a healthy growth of green leaves on the

CRAB-APPLE TREES

  which points likely to another good crop when the Northern Thrushes once again return in winter, and before leaving the Southern Fields noted a

CRANE

in action on the sothern side of the River Stour maybe, just maybe, strating work on the new bridge that is proposed for this area?

Up north again 

STONECHAT

LINNET
and

WHEATEAR
prevail in decent numbers but no knowing quite where the videos fit in.
Let's Suck it and See

and after a full 2 weeks on station we eventually

managed to

Click and Video

the pale

KESTREL

R.I.P.

RORY

Rock 'n' Roll History, as it is said that arriving in England for the first time and under the watchful eye of Chass Chandler - Base Player for the Animals - Jimmy Hendrix was asked by the press "what is it like to be the Greatest Guitarist in the World"? Without even blinking he quickly answered "if you want the honest answer to that best go ask Rory Gallager"!  

P.S. Appologies Willie cannot access you Comment but Thank You Very Much - Bagsy.