#NatureNotes
Spent some time walking part of the North Downs Way on Saturday. Hedgerows very colourful with red #hawthorn berries (haws) and dark blue sloes. A few swallows skimming low over the fields, getting ready to depart for Africa. Buzzards and red kites soaring in the thermals, and a few #butterflies (commas & red admirals) basking in the autumn sun
As summer begins to shade into autumn, the warblers have fallen silent and the marsh is a much quieter place. The wind wispers in the reeds, circling buzzards mew, house martins chirrup as they hawk. The plant life is still riotous, with hemp agrimony and purple loosestrife adding colour. Berries ripen, seeds mature, thistledown drifts