I got up early and started cutting grass and the temperature was already 24 degrees. By 10.30am it was getting too hot so I stopped. By noon the thermometer showed 38 degrees. You cannot do much birding in such heat although the Woodchat Shrike was still around the garden and I did see it feeding a young bird. Also a Nightingale churred in the hedge and an Orphean Warbler made its way through the garden. Cirl Bunting and Turtle Dove were also noted.
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| Cicada close-up |
It was insects that caught the eye today. Myriads of butterflies with lots of Southern Marbled Whites, Cleopatras, Great Banded Graylings, Scarce Swallowtails and Berger's Clouded Yellows. I also found a Hummingbird Hawk Moth and caught a glimpse of a gorgeous Broad-bordered Bee Hawk Moth. Cicadas were bolder than usual and I managed a photograph.
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