General (county) news - 20th May 2010

• High temperatures and high humidity meant the insect life boomed into the air today with the martins, swifts etc... reaping a glut.
• The swans nest that I photographed on my flickr account came under attack from a dog last night - the cob was injured, but all six cygnets remain. For now. Thanks to Joanne from Swan Lifeline for this information (and the information that the mother of the cygnets is seventeen years old - the father is her "toyboy!"
• Still no damselflies - am I missing something here?!
• We're expecting very high temperatures over the weekend - maybe as high as 28c (its 24c at 7pm as I write this!)