Title Needed. Pt.2, Tails Of the Unexpected

After doing rather well on Friday, I suffered some, er, temporal issues that resulted in my next foray being Sunday afternoon..

Ahem. Yes, er, well...

Anyways, it was a mix of the odd burst of sunshine, grey clouds, and a chilly NE wind. Naturally, I went up on t'Moor in search of summery birds.

[Obvious tactics, I hear you cry...]

[[What do you mean, 'that's not what we were saying'?!?]]

Ahem again.

Anyways, getting on with it;

I spent a good three hours [it was technically afternoon when I got up there] getting not a lot, and eventually stopped for a cuppa and a japflack [might have been sort of lunch] at a spot where I'd met a nice Spot Fly once upon a time.

No Spotflies this go around, but I did get a friend in the end;

"Flapjack? Hand it over, mammal."

Mugged by a Robin again. Plus ca change...

 

 

Also, and slightly less in your face,

Might have come closer, but mundanes just kept wandering by [anyone would have thought it was a not entirely rainy Sunday or something].

I decided to move a bit. Always keep your eyes down as well as up and around, folks, or you may miss something. Or worse, not miss something;

Oil Beetle!

This pic you should look at, they're quite wonderful up close.

Also looking down,

Lesser Stitchwort

Greater Stitchwort

Not sure about this

Cuckooflower

Oh yes, birds. Right.

Interesting Willow Warbler angle

Better?

A couple of yearticks were seen, heard, but far too mobile to shoot, and then it all got a bit Trippin' silly.

That sounded horribly punny, and indeed it was;

One

Two

Three

Four

Getting even one to behave is rare.

Treeeeeeeeecreeepers are very cute...

..and are immune to gravity!

Yes, that there Treeecreeeper is hopping along the underside of a branch, no flapping involved.

Birds.   :D

Oh yes, and also not a yeartick but posing [a bit] for the camera;

Just one [of two present] very confiding Cuckoo.

Also very late in the day and under heavy cloud, or they'd all be much less grainy.

[Hey, we can't all afford £10k setups, you know...]

And I was within five seconds. Five.

But what can you do?

Anyways, I shall

Be Seeing You...