After a very cold spell where my potatoes were frosted just over a week ago we are now having a little heatwave. Everything is very green (though the garden is very dry) and growing at such a pace. The woodpidgeon in the garden nest is quietly tending the chicks - and interestingly all the usual coo-ing associated with them is absent. They are remarkably quiet and given that the nest is hardly a nest at all, just a few twigs, the nest and the pidgeons are really hard to see. You have to know it is there. The garden is coming into its best, with the love-in-a-mist just about to flower, and the irises just opening to the background of the peonies. It's been hard to do what I have needed to though - too hot to plant the cabbages and cauliflowers out during the day and a lot of time spent watering. Whilst watering some of the veg patch last night, I disturbed this frog in the strawberry patch which I hope is feasting on any slugs. Very welcome.
We have been listening for cuckoos but with no luck yet, and my run of seeing kingfishers seems to have ended even though many of my walks are near the river where they are often sited.
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