Monday, September 9, 2024

July 2024: Quick Roundup

 July Quick Roundup

Snapshots from a busy month.

 


Roses, garden

 

The roses have suffered with the cool, damp conditions this year but there were some flourishes when conditions allowed, with July being not quite as wet as previous months.

 

A tatty, hard-working Blackbird male was a regular visitor on feeding forays early in the month.

 

 

Waiting to go at Norwich station
 

 

Onward to greyer skies

 

A wet start to the month belied just how much sunshine and warmth that could be later enjoyed. Summer evenings as well as days were fully taken advantage of out-of-doors.

 With much of my time spent in the company of cranes, I worked towards a project for 2025.

 


Common Cranes, Swift



Gatekeeper



Six-spot Burnet moth







 


On a mission






Comma Butterfly



Interesting coat







Come along little moos




Cut meadow








Swans with cygnets at Blickling


There were swans with cygnets on Blickling lake for the first time since 2020 (when unfortunately that year all 3 cygnets were lost, presumably predated). The pair this year had five cygnets.








Juvenile Pied Wagtails



Hybrid Hooded Crow



Fish in shallow water



Grey Heron



Peacock butterfly on Hemp-agrimony





Sunset and fishermen at the coast



Sundown




Following the churr of the Nightjar



Under the light of the moon





At the vineyard



At the vineyard









The Ancient House











A friendship made with a Peahen in a kitchen garden



Skate wing and samphire



Twilight over the North Sea



Dusk




Plum trees

Plum season and so the first of many trips to the local orchard began mid-month.




Green and yellow hues were prevalent in the garden where, by the 25th, it had become quieter bird-wise as expected on the approach to August.



Crane



Great White Egret







Cranes


Two bugling Cranes with a juvenile





Reflection







Crows




Red Admiral nectaring on Hemp-agrimony




Roses, garden




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