Sunday 18 June 2017

Scorchio II

Another too-hot day after a hot, sleepless night with ubiquitous Med Gull calls from bed a few hours after dawn. Brief Fathers day outing to TH with just noisy Oyks and a few Common Terns going out to feed in the Solent. Obviously too hot for local Buzzards and roadside Kestrels although several Swallows were perched up on roadside wires towards Posbrooke. I'm guessing any plants attractive to hovers will presumably nectar-dry in this heat, although still a few Sphaerophoria in the garden
including a pair mating on the wing. Hopefully, more positive outings in the week ahead as temperatures slip back to something more bearable!