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Hot, hot, hot

8/7/2013

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Well after last year's wet and miserable summer this year is a welcome change and dare I say it is even hot here at the moment. It was 20deg aready at 9am forecast to be as high as 27....not often we get that.
A walk in the forests yesterday to find the beautiful Twinflower, Linnaea Borealis was successful, in the UK only found in the Caledonian Pine forests of the north and one of my favourite plants, as it was for Linnaeus which is why it's the only species he added his own name to.

The dragonfly ponds were spectacular yesterday, with insects very active in the warm sunshine. I manged to get a shot of one of the rarer species found here, White faced darter as it sunned itself on a boardwak briefly.

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The air above Nethybridge is alive with Swifts, more than there were last year, it's good to see they are having a good breeding season. Likewise I've seen plenty of young Redstarts too about the forests so despite the cold and late start to the summer, nature seems very adept at catching up. The only species I have heard not doing so well are Golden Eagles, with the very late snow and cold looking like it took its toll on chicks, so sadly that's it until next year for those that failed.

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    John Poyner.

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