We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters (Part I)

 Despite there haveing been a low of -4°C overnight, still they come with among a catch of c17 now expected species of Macro Moths there was a single

EARLY GREY

another addition to the Year List.
While we could not have made a prediction by comparison it was also busy compared to recent days, so considered best to make into a Game of 2 Halves. Next to be logged and surely in excess of 100 individuals, a squadron of

LINNETs

in various stages of plumage

and commuting from what was the Pumpkin Field to the trees and hedgerows when didturbed.
Continuing in the south, no surprise to see the return of an

unknown, but though small, number of

LAPWING

but in their midst at least c2 scarce here and 'first for the year'

CURLEW
drumming up memories of finding this

albino / leucistic individual spotted in Langstone Harbour, Hampshire as far back as 2007,
and to end Part I this

LONG-TAILED TIT
(feathering its own nest)

Rocking Robin - The Jackson 5

While overnight temperatures have crash into minus figures some joy as last weeks prospecting

 Great Tit

has advanced into the first signs of this nest building

ROBIN
while the

gloom continued producing from down south no more than a

PHEASANT
and unusually, not at all frequent here,

MEADOW PIPIT
while back in the garden the Moth Traps didn't fare at all well but at least both

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER

and

GREEN WOODPECKER

put in an appearance to a back-drop of the now blooming

FORSYTHIA
while up north things became more grim as apart from c2 Coot, ditto Little Grebe and a lone Moorhen were all that could be found across both ponds, while the pruners of the trees

had just left the cuttings

where they fell, strewn across the bridleway - moan over!!

Little to add from an equally bleak compound and it certainly comes to something when relying on a run of

Solar Panels
to please an attentive audience certainly after the 2006 hits following Sunday's Publication!

Otherwise, it was left to the humble

RABBIT
to provide the  last of the inactivity unless of course you include another new

Eddie Stobart Lady
(Bucking Our Ideas Up as We Speak)

Sheep - Pink Floyd

From the album Animals.

 Something of a minor surprise early morning yesterday as attending the c2 homeward Moth Traps to hear a tardy

FIELDFARE
singing in the nearby trees - thought they had all headed north? Otherwise, with nothing to report from the homeward traps we did catch just fleeting glimpses of a

KINGFISHER 

on the bank of the Stour  but across the board still no signs of a 'true' migrant bird!

Numbers of ROE DEER remain steady

down south, which was all to report so off to the newly sited c3 Moth Traps in the Solar Panal Compounds up north which drew first blood with a Common Quaker on the first outing and a

f.f.y.
YELLOW HORNED

along with a decent number of others in its wake.
Unfortuneately, arriving at the main compound it was found that the

SHEEP

had also been returned to the fold,

maybe not condusive with Moth Traps?

We'll have to wait and see, with Sheep one side and

CHAROLAIS
on the other and the c2

Rare Breed Cattle,
always at great distance, on our part of the Heath.
Part of our Daily Doings has now become a 30 minute or so vigil at this

VIEWPOINT
in hopes of a passing Goshawk?
Finally, and on exiting the last SPC there came the roar of Jet Fighter Aircraft but at great distance, with our outside correspondent informing us that they were

ROYAL NAVY HAWK FIGHTER's
paying a last salute as being phased out of service.

(maybe needless to say the image is borrowed from elsewhere)

Ladybird, Ladybird Fly Away Home

Just to kick off, we are reliably informed that yesterday's Red Chopper is a Robinson's R44.    Many Thanks John. 

The light

FROSTs
keep on comeing with a backup of bright sunshine while from above

the distinctive 'calls' of what sounded like a decent number of

MEDITERRANEAN GULLs
among the even higher number of Herring's heading inland.
First stop was to be the newly sited Moth Trap which we have hauled up north and found at least to have been bloodied by no more than a

COMMON QUAKER
but a Moth is a Moth and considered at least a start with back up provided by a singing

STONECHAT

who's efforts seemed to be having the desired effect.
Across the Solar Panals and between another

eye-catching

but unusually just solo

STARLING

and equally attractive male

CHAFFINCH
more signs of fresh excavations at the

BADGER SETT
will warrant a dusk visit some day soon.
More callings from above as this

COMMON BUZZARD
circled in anticipation of breakfast or a partner and what we thought might be the last new arrivals of the day, as the first small flock of

SHEEP
were noted in a neibouring compound but we hadn't accounted for this

HARLEQUIN LADYBIRD

dropping from the sky-light onto the laptop.
Still no signs of a Migrant Bird, unlike those being reported from around the county, but again "patience is a virtue, possese it if you can.
Often found in Women but never found in Man"!