Maximum temperature today 18C, minimum 9C. Drizzle early; 6 mm of rain since I last posted. 9 km/h North Easterly winds with up to 21 km/h gusts.
The storm that was forecast was noisy, but only 6 mm of rain so the garden did well out of it. Seventy potatoes now planted, if the crop is anything like we had last year we should do well. Spring onions also planted, but the beds are now pretty much ready for the rest to go in, it is all much later than normal because of the early heavy rains this year. Hope it stays dry for a bit so I can do more planting.
I have been waiting forever to get a photo of the Little Owl (Athene noctua). We hear them around us all the time, but trying to spot one is almost impossible, they keep well hidden and I have never found their nesting spot. Today I was working in the garden when I heard two calling each other from opposite sides of where I was. Then I spotted the one on top of the telephone post way down the road. It must have been a good 200 meters away but I took several shots anyway for the record.
I had to do a lot of trimming and sharpening to get these results, but at last, I can say I have taken a photo of a little owl. 😊
Californian poppies.
Unknown fly of some kind.
Irises.
New leaves on the Acer tree.
Azalea.
Dog rose with Oxythyrea funesta.
Peony.
Red Robin flowers with Cetonia cuprea or aurata.
One of the Canadian wood carvings in Chasseneuil.
The pharmacy behind an arch of wisteria in the front.
The main street in Chasseneuil.
Just out the other side of town is this abandoned factory. We have never discovered what it was, but I hope one day they may restore the building for something else.
N.B. My new bird blog is updated HERE
Part 8 of the birds I saw last year in Africa.
