Heatwave

[puddleshark]

July suddenly decided it was a summer month, after all. The temperatures in the high 20s C. Took a walk through the oak woods at N., which were cool and pleasant, and came back across the heath, where the sun is sweltering and there's no shade and the sandy soil absorbs the heat, and where I failed to photograph any Silver-studded Blue butterflies dancing over the heather. Ach, sometimes the heath is like that. Shows you only prickly gorse and Wolf Spiders...




The path by the marshes. Saw many dragonflies, and failed to photograph them too.

Comments

[asakiyume]

But who's the pensive little friend on the bough above you in the first shot?

[puddleshark]

I think it's a Spotted Flycatcher, though I'm not great at identifying birds. If so, it's the first time I've ever taken a picture of one. They're quite rare now.

[asakiyume]

What a sweet guy. Thanks for the (tentative) ID!