After a couple of weeks away, mainly avoiding the short
bursts of rain, the warmth (even heat) of summer is returning again.
The hosepipe ban might have been called off for now but,
with little rain in the current forecast, it might be back later this month.
Not much to report on the wildlife, aside from a few
butterflies in the garden, while the flora is certainly blooming given the
recent rain and warm conditions.
There are even some tomatoes coming through, while the broad
beans will need picking this weekend – and should be quite a crop.
The sunflowers are not bad this year, although not as high
as some years – they’ll definitely be providing a good source of late summer
early autumn seeds for the birds, who’ll return to the garden after their
summer excursions around the countryside.
The only other thing to note was the suspected predation of
a roosting blackbird in the garden by an owl.
I was out in the garden around midnight when I heard a
woosh, followed by a bird brushing against leaves, before a blackbird alarm
call was abruptly stopped.
A minute or so later I heard the calls of a tawny owl in a
nearby field.
Without night vision goggles or a camera I can’t confirm any
of this, just the noises helping put together a picture of what happened in the
darkness.
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