The Next Time - Clifden Richard

 If there is one thing that has amazed us this Autumn thus far it is the daily presence of the magical

YELLOW WAGTAILs

(juvenile)
which have touced down in the garden for the first time, knowingly, ever

while continuing to over-fly on a daily basis ever since and if there were but one

of the more common Moths that we would all like to capture annually sure it would have to be

CLIFDEN NONPAREIL

which we secured yesterday

with the 'Nonpareil' element of the name meaning

"Without Equal"
we'll drink to that, while the

extremely variable

LUNAR UNDERWING
also joined the still extending Year List.
Otherwise, quiet at the traps as hampered by yet another puncture not allowing us to get to the Heath.

A most scarce sighting of one of the 'under the caravan' resident

SHORT-TAILED VOLEs
(no doubt looking for scraps that we put out for them)
was considered a bonus while at the Irrigation Pond it was doubtless our own coughing and spluttering that brought the semi-resident

WATER RAIL
into full voice from the deapths of this

Overgrown Ditch.

One We Caught on the Oil Rig.
Absent for a few weeks now it was also welcome to see the odd

MEADOW PIPIT

knocking about again and to end that particular wander a

GATEKEEPER BUTTERFLY.

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ARGUS - Wishbone Ash

 Still a little joy bursting from the Moth Traps as overnight temperatures stick doggedly to mid-range double figures, producing the likes of

AUTUMNAL RUSTIC

along with

FEATHERED GOTHIC

both immediately added to the Year List, before what was at first considered to be something of a surprise a free flying

BROWN ARGUS BUTTERFLY

thought 'out of season' until consulting the Field Guide

to find a 'flight period' of
April to September
but very thin on the ground this year, unlike the

GREYLING BUTTERFLY
which continues to be plentyful.
Having been all-to-many days since our last report we popped in to se how the juvenile

LITTLE GREBE
is progressing

now fending for itself in part as this very short clip shows

but still being

chaperoned

by one of the parent birds

the other being absent.

You can never find a 'willing' male when there's work to be done?
Closer to home, and the

HORSE CHESTNUT TREEs

are sagging under the weight of fruit but we are yet to spy a single Acorn,

while juvenile

PHEASANTs
have become numerous, released we suggest.

Almost back to base, the full contingent of 2 adults and their c7 progeny just possed for the Canon

while overhead irresitable

STARLINGs
were in preening mode with all being completely unphased

by the

 presence of a

 

returning

KESTREL

Pribilof Islands - Part III

 While those tiny islands, stuck in the middle of the Baring Sea are most notable for their Wildlife, particularly birds, there are also other very profitable businesses going on alongside. St Paul's, my destination for a full week, was also reknowned for featuring in the TV documentry

DEADLIEST CATCH
 which featured the King Crab Fishermen of the Island but out of season during my stay.

However, what was in progress at that time

were the Long-Liners
(seen here coming alongside to off-load their catch)

focused on
HALIBUT.

cranes at the ready

it was almost in the blink of an eye

that the almost bursting hold were emptied

and immediately dispatched to the
Processing Factory
again maned almost exclusively by Philipino workers.

with very few or any

restriction on viewing before heading off

Back into Town

to visit both the

CATHEDRAL

MUSEUM

being shown around by a most attentive
WENDY

Lighthouse Lens

Unfortuneately, being mesmerized we forgot to take many more images.