Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix

 Despite the generator malfunctioning soon after ignition there were still Moths to be had and added to The Year List.

CENTRE-BARRED SALLOW

being the first and only addition from the Heath along with only the second of the year female

FOUR-SPOTTED FOOTMAN

with a
MALE
for contrast while the garden produced a single

YELLOW-BARRED BRINDLE
along with a small gathering of

GOLD SPOTs
Back on the Heath, today's young

FOX

far more obliging than the previous

but even then

not perfect

as badly placed forcing the Canon to perform through the

WINDSCREEN
At the ponds, but of little significance, the

GREY HERON
awaits the next juvinile waterfowl to drop its guard, while we logged the return of the first retuning

MALLARD
while waiting in the wings the

GRASS CUTTERs 

brought to mind the lyrics of the Genesis song
'I Know What I Like in Your Wardrobe'
As the sun beats down I lie on the bench,
you can always hear them talk.
'Cus me, I'm just a lawnmower you can tell me by the way I walk.
Further on,

yet another and nonetheless welcome

SLOWORM

with what looks like wilful damage at the
Solar anel Compound.

To cap the day and like the proverbial Bus

another welcome

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER

once again gracing

the garden.

Up, Up and Away - 5th Dimention Part II

 

RED ARROWS

The second and final day of the Bournemouth Air Festival came as something of a 'damp squib' perhaps because it was simply a re-run of the previous day, but maybe subdued by the

AIRCRASH
all to close to the Chain Link Ferry at Sandbanks little more than 5 miles to the south of here!

From the following news report it was considered it might have been much worse had it not been for the superb skills of the pilot, who got out unscather, as did the 'wing-walker'. In all of that we can only bring you what we witnessed which was noisy enough if not eye-catching!

Again we have little or no idea at what was on view

but can promise

a far better comentry at next year's

SUBMARINE FESTIVAL

CHINOOK??

MERLIN?

Not the Same Wing-Walker
(watch those cables)

SPITFIRE
or

mist bound
HURICANE?

While the Commercial
Ladies and Gentlemen carried on as usual.

Another Egg Whisk

AEROBATICS

TEAM

and
A Final Salute From 'Red One'.

I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll, this time,
I feel my luck could change. 

Kill me Sarah, kill me again with love,

it's gonna be a glorious day.

Pull me out of the air crash.
Pull me out of the lake.
'Cause I'm your superhero,
we are standing on the edge!

Lucky - Radiohead

Up - Up and AWAY - The 5th Dimention

 First, and for some years, it was On, then it was Off and then along came Covid but happy to say it is now back On in 2021,

that is while we'd rather be here at home with a Grandstand Seat

than among the throng on
Bournemouth Beach!
Being an ex-Submariner the knowledge of such things is beyond me, but while having no idea of what we were looking at the spectacle was well worth the time. So, with few captions what we have seen thus far.

The

RED ARROWs

coming in to land without even having to move our position.

Putting hundreds od Starlings to flight.

High Flying Display Team

HURRICANE or SPITFIRE??

This Post is dedicated to

Flight Leiutenant

Jon Egging

who lost his life almost within sight of this property 10 years ago, our thoughts are with his family!