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We've had 14mm rain since midnight (GMT)
94.7mm rain so far this month.
It's rained on 15 days so far this month.
Average max temp 18.6C this month so far, compared with 24.4C in July last year.
Max temp so far this month 22.8C compared with 32C in July last year.
No rain
Max wind speed 8.3 mph, average 2.4 mph
Max temp 26.1C, min 15.8C
The day before was quite nice, too.
we are having a slob day today as it is so horrible outside
but i can't do that for the next 4weeks!!
and boy2 is camping with the scouts next week
Out of our three breeding pairs of Barn Owls we've lost 50% of the chicks. The adult birds can't hunt in the rain, and it rained at the critical time more or less constantly.
The bats have suffered in similar fashion, and I haven't seen that many butterflies either.
The rain means that the grazing on the fells is better for the deer, which sound good on the face of it, but means that they'll be less inclined to come down to the forest in the winter - which means that the fawns will be more exposed to bad weather and predators (and poachers).
The positive side is that the midges seem to be having an excellent year as do the ticks :-))
i have a feeling that that then means next year we have loads of ladybirds and other things that eat small biting creatures
The swallows and house martins are having a ball with all the midges. Its like a re-enactment of 633 squadron in the meadow outside my window.
I did manage to get our lower pasture cut a couple of weekends ago - Mrs and I mormally spend a couple of nights sleeping out under the stars after we've cut it - not this year....