Almost too hot to function.
Sunday – 26th June :
What a hot stifling day it has been today. So hot that the butterflies have been flying in hyper-drive and were not always willing to settling long enough for me to photograph them. Clouds of biting insects obscured my vision; many of them drowned in my sweat – not a pleasant thought and not a pleasant sight, either. Thank God for 50% deet insect repellent, because I react quite badly to insect bites!
Emperor dragonflies and blue-tailed damselflies cruised over North Pond. It was so hot that I watched the pond skippers and water beetles rippling the surface of the pond, from the shade of a close-by tree. The pond weed is now covering around 50% of the pond surface, but the water is still very clear and it’s easy enough to see the bottom of the weed free parts of pond, through binoculars.
There were a couple of buzzards soaring above the pasture.
Time passes far too quickly when I am on the marsh.
Similar fauna as in Middle Sweden! Nice piccies! Ann