The month started the same as the last one finished; with dry mild weather and the river level hovering a few inches above summer level,
this did change by the end of the second week with weather warnings coming into place and a rise of over three feet out on the river. The bilge pump were out a few times keeping the old cobbles pumped out.
The monthly cutting regime carried on as normal, along with some strimming and hedge trimming to fill in the days. Some of the field’s roundabout have been harvested now and the ploughs are out busy turning them over getting them ready to go again with their next crop!
A lot of ground never seems to be rested now. August month always seems to through up a variety of fungi in various places about the waterside, you just never know what ones you will see or where!
The butterflies are not about in the same numbers this year, normally on a good day in some of the sunnier sheltered areas we would be seeing a lot more of them than we have been.
At least the bees are doing alright,
and it was good to get a spin of honey from the hive again.
They are certainly active enough on the good days and there are still plenty of wildflowers out there for them to forage on.
Later, in the month saw some more stormy weather and the river rising again to around the six-foot mark, but it stayed very mild during this time.
There has been more seal activity of late out on the river of late, and the herons seem a lot less bothered than usual when you get up closer to them just now.
The last couple of days of August saw dry warmer weather and a river level that was settling back below the five foot mark.
Dago