Same Old Story - Taste (Rory Gallagher)

A notice to our Valued Readers

and all of those you are going to pass our Link on to!

The Bagsy Memoir was never intended for public scrutiny, only as an insight for those of my Grandchildren who are interested, to an extremely ‘full life’, something my own Father did in part but not so (mores’ the pity) my Grandfather. However, having reached 300,000 edited words, among much reflected joy and only a microscopic smidgen of remorse; it was thought a good idea to share just a snippet of this with our Loyal Readership. The passage involved refers to one of the most fantastic days of my life, which neither money nor station could afford you and one that highlights that in life

YOU MAKE or CHASE YOUR OWN ‘GOOD LUCK’!   

The intent is to publish this on Christmas Day so you have something to do while the 

Figgy Duff and Turkey settle.

Still mild, still windy and still rainy but we're picking our moments and still getting out to see one or two things. Maybe we should have got out a little earlier yesterday as Hugh arrived back telling of an Otter busying itself on Parley Pond, now we wouldn't have minded that in the view finder. Not wanting to be kept out of the picture, Janet then arrived home with a report of 'BIG' Ducks in the grass field opposite 18-Acre. No time for delay when Janet report something, so straight into the St-Range Rove to fine these

c2

EGYPTIAN GEESE

in exactly the spot reported.

They were a long way off and despite the Boardwalk
the Solar Panel Contractors have stationed around the
perimeter of the field, we could get no closer.

The zoom on the video did get them to a decent range.

Also down that neck of the woods plenty of
BLACK-HEADED GULLs

along with a few Starlings and Pied Wagtail, but that was about all.

Up North it was definitely a case of the
Same Old Story
Taste (Rory Gallagher)
as the 

LITTLE GREBE
continued to play "now you see me,

now you don't".

With a ROE DEER in among the solar panels and

ICE yes ICE
on one of the sheets of corrugated metal, but then it was back to
SPRING as this

CHIFFCHAFF,
one of 2,

was not only 'singing' but also

'displaying'!
Global Warming - Tommy Rot!

ROBIN
along with another

ROE DEER
followed by a familiar face but not seen for over a year.

BILL WHITE
now working on the Airport Balancing Pond
was the gentleman designated to 'scrape' the Irrigation Pond

just before spring 2014, when that phase of the solar panels were completed.
THANKS AGAIN BILL.

When asked what it felt like to be the Greatest Guitarist that ever lived,
Hendrix turned to the interviewer and said "Best Go Ask Rory Gallagher"!
The Tussle at the Top continues as Germany takes over
Get Up There!

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A Notice to our Valued Readers

and all of those you are going to pass our Link on to!

The Bagsy Memoir was never intended for public scrutiny, only as an insight for those of my Grandchildren who are interested, to an extremely ‘full life’, something my own Father did in part but not so (mores’ the pity) my Grandfather. However, having reached 300,000 edited words, among much reflected joy and only a microscopic smidgen of remorse; it was thought a good idea to share just a snippet of this with our Loyal Readership. The passage involved refers to one of the most fantastic days of my life, which neither money nor station could afford you and one that highlights that in life

YOU MAKE and CHASE YOUR OWN ‘GOOD LUCK’!   

The intent is to publish this on Christmas Day so you have something to do while the 

Figgy Duff and Turkey settle.

Video Killed the Radio Star - Buggles

A notice to our Valued Readers

and all of those you are going to pass our Link on to!

The Bagsy Memoir was never intended for public scrutiny, only as an insight for those of my Grandchildren who are interested, to an extremely ‘full life’, something my own Father did in part but not so (mores’ the pity) my Grandfather. However, having reached 300,000 edited words, among much reflected joy and only a microscopic smidgen of remorse; it was thought a good idea to share just a snippet of this with our Loyal Readership. The passage involved refers to one of the most fantastic days of my life, which neither money nor station could afford you and one that highlights that in life

YOU MAKE and CHASE YOUR OWN ‘GOOD LUCK’!   

The intent is to publish this on Christmas Day so you have something to do while the 

Figgy Duff and Turkey settle.

Today's Post relates to Sunday when the temperature reached a staggering 12°C, the wind dropped to no more than a zephyr and despite requests for a 'cold snap', which hasn't happened, there were a few birds about - albeit common fare!

Things didn't start particularly well, as only the residents seemed to be moving around Harbins, and down on the River Stour all there was of note was a single peep from a Kingfisher. On the way up to the Common a pair of 'long lost' Collared Doves were seen distantly then, apart from a Grey Squirrel which nearly got Dunlop'ed, there was nothing. There has been a single but most timid Moorhen at the Irrigation Pond in recent days but never in the sights for a photo, so c2

MOORHEN

there made up the deficit. In company with a

ROE DEER
we quickly moved on to the Gravel Pit where the now 'long-staying'

LITTLE GREBE

was still busily feeding, but we never see it bringing anything to the surface.

LITTLE GREBE

Movement in the higher trees proved to be

 FIELDFARE

a flock of c27 which is the largest recorded so far this end of the year.

The intent then had been to take a look at the progress on

Phase III of the Solar Panel Farm

but a flash of white from this puddle of mud was a distraction.

This area has always been a bit soggy, but since the heavy plant

started using it as a turning circle it has got much, much better.

Sat here for more than a hour on the day, this is what we witnessed.

 The flash of white turned out to be the rump of this

GREEN SANDPIPER

and this is when we changed to the video function.

GREEN SANDPIPER

with 'frame stealing'

PIED WAGTAIL

followed by a

(first winter)

BLACK-HEADED GULL

Flighty and not very obliging

GREY WAGTAIL

BLACK-HEADED GULL

(adult winter)

and same with a

MEADOW PIPIT

JAY
again with a degree of difficulty.

GOLDFINCH

MEADOW PIPIT

GREEN SANDPIPER

Ditto,

Ditto, Pheeeewww are there any more?

 PHASE III 

with all panels in place, and then on to Merritown Heath where the

 GALLOWAY COWS

were waiting.

 Once again the dam at the western end of the new watercourse has 

been remove leaving

 what is the fastest flow of water seen here thus far.

 The outer cladding on the new Airport Factory has also been completed.

 Another rather fast moving

FIELD VOLE

Dedicated Readers may remember a poser set some while ago asking

"which species of 'None Regular' bird would be first to visit the new

 Balancing Pond"?

Well, if you said Cream-coloured Courser put your hand up,

then put it down again as UNFORTUNATELY you were wrong,
but here it is another

GREEN SANDPIPER

and just the first of many we hope, you'll be first to know!

 The newly installed culvert, placed in the hope of stemming water flow

and preventing flooding at Hurn Bridge.

On the way back we had a minor 'record breaker', the largest number of

MISTLE THRUSHES

seen together on the property at one time = c37.
During the day we also saw of note c6 Bullfinch and c2 Chiffchaff.
LOOK, RUSSIA JUST RUNNING AWAY WITH IT! GREAT!
and what's happening in the USA?

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A Brief History - Penguin Cafe Orchestra

With a combination of the continued scribeings of Bagsy the Bard, the lack of interesting things to report and another combination of an unseasonably warm airflow, bringing with it lots of rain, which has kept us for the best part indoors, today we are reduced to a Cop Out! We will utter the next sentence quietly

WE NEED A 'COLD SNAP'.

Having only ever seen half of the of the World's Penguin species (if we include White-flippered), we can only bring you images of 9 of them in this 'filler' Post. There have been a few serious thoughts about chasing the others but the Get Up and Go seems to have Got Up and Gone - one day maybe?

KING PENGUIN

and

 juvenile

Gold Harbour, South Georgia - 2007

Colony Simonstown, South Africa - 2004 of

 JACKASS PENGUIN

GENTOO PENGUIN 

 South Sandwich Island, Antarctica - 2007

 GALAPAGOS PENGUIN

Isla Floreana, Galapagos Islands (second trip 2010)

 Ice shore, King George Island, Antarctica for

ADELIE PENGUIN

2007

 MAGELLANIC PENGUIN

Falkland Islands 2007

 Weddell Sea and

 Elsehul, South Georgia 2007

 HUMBOLDT (Peruvian) PENGUIN

 where else other than enjoying the 

Humboldt Current, Paracas/Pisco, Peru 2003

 CHINSTRAP PENGUIN

 Elephant Island - a 'dot' in the Antarctic Ocean 2007

Did you ever see anything more COMICAL looking in the whole of nature?

The track taken on the 2007 Antarctica Expedition.

and finally, just a few days ago it was a case of "oh how the mighty have fallen", but today not only have they returned but have also taken up station at the Top of the Pops - Welcome back

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