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Yesterday's unrelenting gloom was replaced by something slightly brighter today (30th), and it remained pleasantly warm. My usual local walk actually produced four butterflies - two widely separated male Small Whites and two Red Admirals flying around the same patch of nettles. Dave

Working in the "desert" at Dungeness earlier today doing a bit of Scrub bashing ,removing a lot of Bramble /Sallow growth that was swamping several of the small shallow ponds ,glorious weather (17c) ,still a few Common Darters about ,including at least 2 ovipositing pairs
but best of all a Painted Lady and a Small White ,and although there are still one or two good groups of Ragwort flowering .....no Small Coppers ! also no sign of any of the 10+ Dartford Warblers that are about.......too much noise and Smoke !
Allan.W.

Mostly a birding trip on the local wetlands today (Black-necked Grebe and Cetti's Warbler were the pick of the day on that front) but a freshly emerged Speckled Wood escaped my lens and this equally fresh Red Admiral also nearly escaped

Peacock in the garden today.

Nice sighting, Chris.

Thursday 31st

Beautiful day today on the Gower coast. 16c and barely a breath of wind. 9 butterflies seen.

Lower Kilvey Hill:

Speckled Wood 3
Red Admiral 1

Limeslade/Bracelet Bay:

Red Admiral 4

There was also a Red Admiral in Kittle as I was driving home.