Lovely weather for ducks

In anticipation of the onset of a few days of wet weather, I managed to get up at 5 am to do my BTO Breeding Bird Survey. It had to be completed by the end of the month - plenty of time but I didn’t want to leave it to the last minute and the imminent wet spell will make some parts of my area very muddy. Highlights were some House Martins and Curlews, and my first sighting this year of a Wall butterfly. Later, we drove over to Chatsworth to meet up with my sister-in-law and her husband for lunch. They are staying at the caravan park there.The many ducks were clearly enjoying the weather more than the holidaymakers