Saturday saw a drop in temperatures, more light cloud cover and a little rain.
Locally the Reed Warblers were quiet after last week's breeding success of at least one pair. Last week a lone bird, or possibly a new arrival, had curiously moved a few hundred yards away from reeds and into roadside scrub more suitable for Blackcaps and garden birds. Cettis are typically vocal but no obvious sign of youngsters.
A couple of unidentified Leafcutter bees were perching on the pond's handrail along with a Zebra Jumping Spider species.
The butterfly path has been completely empty and parched for weeks but today twenty or so Essex Skippers were on the wing along with slightly fewer Meadow Browns and at least three Marbled Whites.
A little later a Peregrine was circling off to the north, the first here for sixteen moths.
Moth trap out tonight and hoping for no rain, at least not before 6 a.m.
