The Bagsy Blog

Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Black is Black - Los Bravos

Another rain soaked morning yesterday but just intermittent enough to get the Moth Traps cleared between downpours. However, the weather proved to be idea for sitting at Slight Return II editing the seemingly endless number of photographs taken over the weekend. We will endeavour to publish these in the next couple of days starting with Saturday's contribution which now follow. Added to the Moth Year List

SMALL RIVULET

BARRED STRAW

CURRENT PUG

POPLAR KITTEN

BRUSSELS LACE

SHARK

TRUE LOVER'S KNOT
and

SHOULDER-STRIPED WAINSCOT

Male PHEASANTs 'squaring up'!

BLACK SHEEP
(it's usually me)
and

BLACK SLUG

RIBWORT PLANTAIN

Looks like predated

CANADA GOOSE EGG

LESSER HAWBIT

It seemed a little strange to encounter

SHELDUCK
on the Heath.

ROSA MULTIFLORA

ROE DEER
and often overlooked

HOLLY BLOSSOM
and finally an addition from the
Trail Cams

now becoming a frequent visitor to these fence posts

GREEN WOODPECKER

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Monday, 13 June 2016

Your'e Gorgeous - Babybird

Despite some rain on both mornings of the weekend, it was a great pleasure to have our friend Dave Foot to stay and engage in a number of successful Wildlife forays together. On Saturday there were a manageable number of Moths to monitor and photograph while the following day there was a massive increase in both quality and quantity, so the images will not be edited/published until later in the week. Otherwise it was systems normal as from the Traps before the weekend we secured

First for the Year

LIGHT ARCHES

and ditto

LYCHNIS
while the cultivar

OPIUM POPPIES
are now in full bloom.

The ROBIN's eggs have hatched in Janet's stable,

c5 Chicks accounted for.

Potentially Good News as over the past couple of days

we have been watching the 'pair' of

LITTLE GREBE

seemingly building a 'floating' nest.

Early Days

but we will be keeping our eye on the ball!

MALLARD FAMILY

LITTLE GREBE
nest/raft/platform building.
Little Bo Peep has lost her Sheep

and doesn't know where to find them!

Just take a look outside of the perimeter fence,
how these 2 got out heaven knows!

BELTED GALLOWAY

CALF

is now starting to break cover.
We promise, no more images in the foreseeable future!
Latest from the Trail Cameras

Juvenile STONECHATS

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Sunday, 12 June 2016

Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles

With Hugh and Janet safely back from their more than successful
visit to Western Parts of the
United States of America
my duties as Chicken George and Strawberry Fair
have been reduced to the latter only. As the first Moth Trap monitored each morning
is close to the raised fruit bed, there seemed little point in one pressed man, Hugh,
doing the job when there is one perfectly willing volunteer!

FOREVER
Among the best Macro Moth haul of the year thus far,
257 Insects x 58 different Species, there were these New For the Year.

GREAT PROMINENT

WILLOW BEAUTY

FIGURE of EIGHTY

RIVULET

and

BROWN RUSTIC

The rest of the day included a fairly wide range of Wildlife sightings,
starting with a male and female

BULLFINCH
which have been heard on a number of occasions

but not seen for a number of weeks likely due to their
secretive breeding traits?

FIELD POPPY
now springing up all over the place as is

HONEYSUCKLE
Considered lucky to find at this time of year, as highlighted by its absence
in the June column of the Recording Area Bird List,

GREY WAGTAIL

have not been conclusively proven to breed on the property,
while both the Stable Yard and Sewerage are conducive with this.
A 'pair' were found at the latter location as part of a prompt from
Alan and Margaret a couple occasionally met during my rounds.

FOXGLOVE

particularly those in woody glades are looking
magnificent

and those BEES love them.
Another addition to the June list is something of a 'rarity' here
but visit just about any city center in the World and you will find them.
The humble and much overlooked

FERAL PIGEON
this being the only image we hold!
Next we would have to carry out a wider search, unless we got really lucky,
to find and observe all is well with the new born

BELTED GALLOWAY CALF

which is now just one week old and already sporting

the new 'ear adornment' which is a

Legal Requirement.
Otherwise, there just a series of Bits and Bobs which started
just before entering the Heath.
Please give us Hay Fever suffers a thought when you look at this

POLLEN CLOUD