The changeable weather in the first week of July saw a small rise of about a foot in the river
level, but by the end of week two it had dropped back to around the foot mark again.
The second week of the month saw the start of a heat wave which had the country basking in
temperatures that reached over 30 degrees in some places. This sort of heat is not easy to be
out working in but it did finally break on the 14th and the ground received some much needed
rain!
The work program is mostly grass cutting at this time of year but we did have a change of
scenery from the estuary when we went up to our Cargill rod beat to give them a hand with
strimming some of the banks.
It’s a fair bit of ground to cover but worth it when it’s all done and tidied up.
There are a few fish being caught up and down the system but most beats are
slightly behind on their catches from last year just now, but there is still plenty of time for things
to turnaround as they come into the busy part of the season.
As the good weather and the heat continued we had the combines out working in the fields, this
must be the earliest we’ve witnessed them starting at the harvest for a long time?
The bees have been very active up at our hive, and we are seeing lots bees, butterflies, hover flies etc. busy on all the Rebeccia, Himalayan balsam, Budleah’s and various other wild flowers that are out just now.
The rowan trees have done well for a crop this year, and the birds are already at the berries, I’m not not
sure there will be much left for them going into the winter months. With the combines out and
the birds at the rowan berries there is more of an autumnal feel about it, than summertime!
There was a bit of rain and a spike in the river level again going into the last third of the month,
but as the month drew to a close the river level was back around the one foot mark and we were
back into some warm settled weather again.
Dago
