We had a dry, dull mild day to start off this month, but by day four storm Floris had hit Scotland!
There was torrential rain to start with but it was the following winds that caused all the problems
up and down the country.
There were a few tree limbs down over some of our paths, and the
power line was knocked out on one of our premises but overall I think we got off lightly
compared to some.
Being forced indoors due to the weather saw some changes to our jobs list
for a bit so some of our time was spent chopping kindling to top up our supply for the coming
winter months,
and some of the tree limbs down in the storm were cut up too ready for the log
splitter, there is always room in the pile for more firewood.
Some wet weather saw a quick rise of about a foot onto the river level, but it was soon easing
off again and continued to slowly drop back well into the month. We were soon back into a decent hot spell of weather that saw the mercury well up into the twenties and the combines in the surrounding fields have been kept
very busy of late.
We were beginning to see a bit of bird movement along the estuary later into
the month, the stormier weather always seems to kick start them! The curlews have been
passing through in good numbers;
we are seeing a few snipe now too, and there have been
some whoopers passing overhead, but we have not had any landing on the river near to us yet.
It is that time of year again when we start to see some of the various fungi appearing about the
place, there is certainly a large variety to be seen some years.
The mornings are getting a bit cooler now, and we are seeing the birds starting to get a bit busier around the feeders. The
badgers have been busy in places digging up the wasp bikes for a feed,
and we are seeing the seals out on the river a bit more just now. After sitting well below the two feet mark, the river was
rising again on the last day of the month as the weather became cooler and a bit more mixed.
Dago
