- Two sunflowers at "Swift Half" are now taller than all the neighbours' sunflowers - even the fake ones!
- Moff trap highlights in this warm week - ruby tiger, spectacle, lots of scalloped oaks (a lot this year), many buff ermines (ditto) and a new moff for the garden - a male orange swift (see photo in this post).
- Plenty of baby palmate newts in the pond, but few adult newts now.
- Two frogs in the pond still.
- Brown hawker dragonflies regular visitors.
- Damsons plump and dropping well.
- Honeysuckle in its second bloom, as is the lavendar and white valerian.
- Plenty of bees (all shapes and sizes) on wild flowers and spear thistles, in rear (rear) garden.
- Mini heatwave expected this week coming - temperatures up to 30C - sparking off a few thunderstorms no doubt...
