Oh well, back from daydreaming and the heat brought out more butterflies today although they mostly remain Meadow Browns and Whites still. But I did spot the first Small Skipper. The reserve lways has hundreds of these through July and August so hopefully that one is the forerunner of them all. Lastly, I found this Small Tort. along the seawall, although several were seen in the Spring it still remains a reserve rarety at the moment.
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With birds at a premium wild flowers still remain the most interesting subject at the moment and here we have Milk Thistle and Ragwort.
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Lady's Bedstraw.
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Sea Lavender on the saltings.
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Seed heads of Goatsbeard along the top of the sea wall.
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And this Emmits Cast with a Birds Foot Trefoil topping.
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Midge is lucky in that when she gets hot she can just wander into the fleet for a cool down, however at the moment the mud is often deeper than the water and she ends up coming out dirtier than she went in.
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On the subject of water levels take a look at this old and well used by me, ditch crossing, at one stage in the winter the water covered that.
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Likewise, the Delph Fleet continues to drop in depth.
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However, the regular showers over the last couple of weeks have at least freshened up the surface grass and kept it a nice shade of green as these cattle would agree with.
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Well that's it, push bike is about to come out of the garage, shorts are on and another hard day's retirement coming up!
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