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Monday, January 31, 2022

31/01/2022 Just made it before the end of the month :-)

The maximum temperature here today is 10⁰C, minimum 3⁰C. Rain this morning but it has cleared a bit now with quite a lot of clouds. Wind 21km/h North-Westerly winds with gusts up to 44 km/h. We have had a very cold past week, temps went down to -5⁰C and maximums were only at 3⁰C. Far too cold for me!!

The bud from the Red Robin shrub. (Photinia x fraseri)

Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) hanging on the shutter and looking in the window.

Our neighbour's lambs...

as above...

Mum watching me carefully...

and her babies.

Around the garden, if I look hard!

Top - Bergenia cordifolia and Bellis perennis.

Bottom - Viburnum tinus and Viola riviniana.

The seed pods from the hibiscus.

The lambs, 4 days older than above....

as above...

As above.

The only water birds I see around here are my two wooden Mallards.

There has not been a lot to take photos of, but I have some great shots of some of the birds seen in the last fortnight. They are all on my bird blog.

My local list of wildflowers. (91 Species 02/12/2021).

Monday, April 27, 2020

27/04/2020 Day 41 of Lock down.....

Maximum temperature here today 19⁰C, minimum 10⁰C. Some rain not measured yet. 12km/h South-Westerly wind with gusts up to 37 km/h.

Saturday we had a big hail storm and 32mm of rain in less than 30 mins.
With the strong winds, the water came under the door in the kitchen so we had a big mopping up operation!

Walking my small loop within the 1 km radius allowed is not all flat - looking up..

Looking behind from the same spot...

and if I am running out of my one hour time allowed, I can cut through on this track but the grass is now getting a bit long there! I do not want to pick up ticks!!

Cattle enjoying the shade.

The lambs are quite big now.

Thirsty bees...

As above.

Bee on the apple blossom.

Chafer Beetle (Cetonia cuprea).

Spot the spider on the left in hiding (under the petal of the calendula) and the little fly in the centre...

Chomp, little fly for lunch.

I have never seen the Red Robin shrub so full of flower in the garden.

Hoverfly (Eristalis arbustorum) on the apple blossom.

CommonWall Lizard (Podarcis muralis).

Common Swallowtail or Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon).

As above.

Monday, February 3, 2020

02/02/2020 Spring has sprung.........

Maximum temperature in the Charente today 18C, minimum 10C. Rain measured this morning 3mm but we have a blue sky today. 111mm of rain so far this year. 23km/h South-Westerly wind up to 43 km/h.

I say spring has sprung, but I suspect it might be short-lived as the temperatures drop again in the middle of the week. If the forecast is right though, they then go back up again......

Photos were taken today on a walk in the garden.

We have not been without roses at all this year so far - amazing.

Moss and Lichen.

Common Speedwell - A pretty weed.

The first crocus.

Buds on the Red Robin. (Photinia Fraseri).

The first snowdrop. (Galanthus nivalis).

Buds on the Viburnum (Viburnum tinus).

The return of the fly!!!! Also Viburnum tinus)

Gendarme beetles or firebug, (Pyrrhocoris apterus).

As above -African masks!

Fairies a the bottom of the garden... no, I cannot identify it!

In the house, buds on the orchid...

The Christmas poinsettia is still thriving..

and cheating with a fridge magnet

Thursday, May 2, 2019

02/05/2019 Bugs and flowers in the garden.

Maximum temperature today 16C, minimum 7C. 5mm of rain measured this morning. 13 km/h North-westerly winds with gusts up to 28 km/h. We look though as if we are in for a cold weekend before it warms up again next Tuesday.

We had friends to lunch yesterday and it was a really nice day. We had drinks and starter course sat outside in the sun. I intended to take some photos but was too busy and forgot!!