BELLE of the BALL

 If 'Sod' had to play his / her hand why did it have to be at prcisly 20:50 on Wednesday evening while champing at the bit in anticipation of the

Sooty Documentary

when the power switch tripped and only just re-installed for the start, of what was something of a  Tear-Jerker.

Sooty - right, son Sooty Junior - Centre and the Interviewer.

Despite the lateness of the hour we just had to give him a bell which seemed to put the cherry on his cake! So to daylight hours when the Moth Traps came up with singles of

JULY BELLE
 and

BORDERED STRAW
both first for the year and a couple of Creepy Crawlies.

WATER BOATMAN

was fine enough in itself but clearly

upstaged

by a most active

FOUR-SPOT ORB SPIDER

which kept us entertained for more than a while

and thank John for assistance with I.D's.

CHICORY

All else across the Patch

seemed to be the

still singular but no less irresistable

RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE

but NO........

Through the Open Window

we were able to Click and Clip

GREENFINCHES

Greedily scoffing the now perfectly ripe

ROSE HIPS
and with each beak-full looking more like
Sub-Sahara African

RED-BILLED QUELEA

Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

 Looking on high the weather looked promising

allowing us to monitor the 2 home-bound traps in the dry but with the only new arrival being this

distant and brightly liveried Chopper not seen before along with another all to familiar

RED-BREAST
looking for a free breakfast.
We hadn't arriver at the more northerly Moth Traps before the heavens opened but

thanked the same Heavens for the sanctuary of the Solar Panels providing shelter to pluck firstly a

JERSEY TIGER
stuck, up-side-down to the collar but

released unharmed after a little t.l.c.
before the find of the day a

SCARCE BORDERED STRAW

added to the Year List.
While not wishing to Jump the Gun, with still a few days of Summer still to run thier course,

a number of things are already looking Autumnal

Young Chestnut

bringing the

HARVEST

HOME

(except for the Sunflowers that

still await thier day)

and

ROWAN
just as a trio of examples.
While "Here Comes the Sun" had soon changed to "Raining in My Heart".

Homeward Bound - Simon and Garfunkle

Firstly, our appologies for the No-Show yesterday not quiet reaching our demise yet but another unwelcome Brain Storm. However, we feel the END is not far away as having plumeted into the low 400's on the Stat Counter, everyone needing a little encouragement, and don't forget my dear friend Sooty on Channel 4 at 21:00 this evening! CHEERS!

 Not exactly an eye-catching small bunch of  First for the Year Moths yesterday morning

with

FLOUNCED RUSTIC

SMALL WAINSCOT
and

PEARLY UNDERWING

bringing up the rear-guard, while during the process a representative from the

LEE ANNE SHAY AVIATION NETWORK
Not something regularly featured through our pages, the
PISCINE's
get a mention until our Mate and Angler Ken happens along to report c4 large

CARP

in the main Pond, un-clickable due to the blanket of pond-weed. 

The lull, for that is what it is,

might have continued

 had it not been for the arrival of c2

south bound

WHEATEAR
  (this one having a gaping session)

the 'vanguard'

of the

South-Bound Dispersal

Thin on the Ground

 Like many other things, including Crops as we have all seen, the Hotter it gets the fewer they become, which is just the same in nature. This has almost driven us to shutting the Blog down altogether, just out of frustration, and even though MANY readers have dropped out for now at least, we carry on! So, with nothing outstanding we can only report between the

Moth Trap Lamp
and the

STURGEON MOON

seemingly reducing the

STARLING

FLOCK

by about 50% to 500 individuals,

with

static young

MISTLE THRUSH'S

along with similarlyinactive

juvenile

MEADOW PIPIT

we can only bring you what we find!