Saturday 30th June - Summer Heat

We are just entering that feeling of mid-summer with a current spell of heat and having past the longest day the feeling of signs that spring has now gone and midsummer is upon us. The flowers that have lasted so well through Spring and into early Summer are now on the decline and there is a lull before the late Summer flowering perennials kick into action. The young birds which fledged in June just seem to be organising themselves into small groups before the feeding flocks get established by August with Great Tits and Blue Tits and the Marsh Tits are now reappearing. The Turtle Dove pair occasionally show, but I have still no clear idea where they might have a nest and no purring has been heard again so it maybe some distance, they seem to like to feed with the Stock Doves, of which there are 5 pairs. The young Great-spotted Woodpeckers are noisy but nothing compared to a young Green Woodpecker which is hanging around the garden and likes to make itself heard.

Self-sown poppies have done well

The Delphiniums did well this year

The pond has attracted a pair of Mallards that use it for recreation.