Maximum temperature here today 23⁰C, minimum 15⁰C. Some rain during the day not measured as yet. 14km/h South-Easterly wind with gusts up to 37 km/h.
Sorry, far more photos than usual but I have at last caught up with April, I can now move on to May !!
White Lilac out walking.
Violet Lilac also out walking.
Choisya ternata at home.
Wisteria out walking.
Irises at home.
Azalea - home.
Californian poppies - home.
Peony - home.
Iris-home.
Azalea -home
Mirabelle plums - home.
Cherries - home (they are now ripening but with all the rain most are split) 😞
All the following bugs are in the garden.
(Oxythyrea funesta) - chafer beetle.
(Trichodes alvearius) Family Cleridae.
As above.
Crane-fly.
Red Cabbage bug (Eurydema ornata).
Moth unknown
Caterpillar - Garden Tiger Moth (Artica caja).
Froghopper (Cercopis vulnerata).
Caterpillar of the Lackey moth (Malacosoma neustria).
As above.
Eight spotted Ladybird.
Banded Snail.
I have made an extra page on the wildflowers seen at home, or very close by, which if you are interested in, you can see the link at the top of the page under the main heading, on the green line. I am adding to it all the time.
See also my
