- SECOND EGG LAID TODAY! (Both nicely visible at back of roof space now...)
- 14 mason bee holes in my bee post have now been plastered up by the female bees and left for next spring.
- Moth trap last night catches a "shuttle-shaped dart", a "muslin moth" (see photo below) and a "setaceous hebrew character". Catching a S.H.C. formally means it's summer don't you know - an explanation of that rather bold claim can be found on my flickr site.
- Yet more bad news on the cat front - Malu (our male kitten) seems to have responded well to his uveitus drugs (he's now off them and touch wood his left eye seems normal again) but now Yala (the female) has what looks like a terrible infestation of ear mites (I think). Her fur from below her ears has been scratched away and is so raw we've had to put her in one of those conical collars (which has made her the most miserable confused cat in the world). I will take her to the vets tomorrow to see what they say...
- On a lighter note - first elderflower bloom bloomed today. This year we will make elderflower champagne with the crop.
- Potatoes doing well. 15 plants up (I think the chickens and foxes have done for a few plants though).
Male Muslin moth.
