Wednesday 9 September

Warmer & dryer today.

Beech Mast are opening, got a few in my pocket for rambling snacks.

This Elder was turning the most wonderful colours.
Found these in a Beech tree cavity.

The tree had been set on fire earlier in the year.

The colour of the leaf was eye catching - I do not know if the Hairy Gall was causing the problem.

Heron - seems to a favourite spot for him.

Speckled Wood - looks a little worn.

We seem to have a lot of wasps this year, I watch them at home and they have cleared the whole of my Nasturtiums - not a caterpillar to be seen, they carried them off. Natures own pest control, not that I think the caterpillars were a pest on my plants - although I use to think it when they stripped my cauliflowers & cabbages on my veggie plot.

Plenty of big spiders about.

A redundant stile - it's in better condition than some modern ones.

I love these root steps, not used now but I am sure they were years ago before the new steps were put in, Children still enjoy the climb, it leads to a stile and also the path to Dry Bones.

The weir it's still not been repaired - the recent rainfall has caused the water to flood over the weir.