Behind Bars

 Given the recent appauling weather no surprise to find just c2 species across the c3 Moth Traps

CLOUDED DRAB
and

HEBREW CHARACTER
but the day will surely come with for now publishing just what we have caught!

With LITTLE OWL now making its presents known by song

it was considered the right time to check out the traditional
Roost cum Nesting Sight which bore fruit with just a

single bird in attendance on the second try - here's hoping!
while the local male

KESTREL

is sticking doggedly to the wrong side of the fence

as far as capturing a perfect image is concerned while the 'pale' female is all but absent.
Still down south and more hope in sight as the first

'displaying'

LAPWING
was found and later the presumed same group of resident

ROE DEER

both Feeding and Resting

were relocated on the Western Pasture

with enough
CHIFFCHAFFs

for one each and half a decent shot - it's starting to happen!

Sugarbush - Doris Day & Frankie Laine

 For those who did not contact the gremlins on Wednesday we re-glue the c2 Moth species that were First for the Year on that day:-

including

YELLOW HORNED

along with

OAK BEAUTY
then back to the present when inclement (to say the least) weather ruled the roost and hence to poor images!

Where

both

Northers Thrush's
FIELDFARE
and

REDWING
still prevail.
Otherwise, it was the Blooming Bushes that stole the show with

SALLOWs
(Moth Magnets in their own right leading the way)

Considered another 'fall' of

LINNETs

along with another, this time unidentified,

Bush of Blossom

GREENFICH

in the gloom

The last of the BUSHES for now at least and a few representatives of the ever growing

BLACK-HEADED GULL
flock incuding passing male Mallard.

"Breakfast at Tiffanie's" - Deep Blue Something

Across what was likely the most numerous catch of the year there were no species added to the Year Tally but good to see both

DOTTED BORDER

along with only our second

DOUBLE-STRIPED PUG 

while also recorded were what are considered to be c2 seperate species of

ICHNEUMON WASP

but it was then that it dawned on us that the lamp in this,

The Solar Panel Compound Trap  

has been burning continuously day and night for over a year now. We've certainly had full value out of that, plus there is every indication that we may well have the other 2 traps flashed up there by the end of the week? Otherwise, and lucky to be able to keep the promise of better images of yesterday's male

WHEATEAR

we firstly found the female above

followed by maybe the same

male of the day before?

but there's no chance of proving that.
Changing the tune slightly our second onlt Butterfly of the year a single

COMMA
followed by

numerous

GREAT TIT

overlooking the Heath a small number of

SISKIN
along with a 'jammy' shot of this

CHIFFCHAFF
about to tuck into breakfast, the 'dot' above.

Pretties for You - Alice Cooper

Editor's Note - There was a Post yesterday which for some reason, beyond our control, settled on Wednesday 15th of March?? For further information please contact The Gremlins!

 At last we started hitting into the vein of what may surely be described as the Pretty Things also an English Rock Band not to be confussed with Alice's Mob!

starting with

PINE BEAUTY

then ably backed up by the

STREAMER
not at all a common Insect around here!

Otherwise across a more or less dull day weatherwise, some light releif with still more

FIELDFARE

lingering than might be thought this far into Spring and

MAGPIEs
well into nest building with just the roof to be attached and still no signs of the

EGYPTIAN GOOSE

goslings

but adults still on the banks of the
Moors River
and if we call this plant

SELF HEAL
(which has an abundance of alternative names)
it will surely be
Purple Dead Nettle?

The Neighbour's

CATTLE

again free-ranging
and a few very smart

CHAFFINCH

starting to arrive with another reminder of the

Recent Gales