Green Grow the Rushes, Oh - Trad. Folk Song

How is it the song goes, "It Might As Well Rain Until September", well by the looks of it that's just what it will do, and beyond! Just to get all the 'moans' out of the way in one fell swoop, overnight temperatures are not helping either sticking doggedly last night to a paltry +9°C. However, on the plus side there were a couple of addition not previously recorded this year so maybe we should thank our lucky stars?

YELLOW-TAIL

 and the most elegant

 LEOPARD MOTH

 which seem to like spending much of their time laid on one side.

This doesn't seem to be out of choice as the

Center of Gravity

appeared a little one-sided?

and later in the day a 'free flying'

BROWN SILVER-LINE

A little longer than usual was spent wandering the bank of the

RIVER STOUR
where the 

BULRUSH
 are just about as high as we have ever noted them.

MUTE SWAN

bathing.
We have seen no signs of breeding from this resident pair so far this year.

GREAT REEDMACE

 are also starting to bloom.
Back at Slight Return II for coffee and we found the

 excavations of

MINING BEES
Almost all of the rest of the day was given over to Plant Life with

MULLEIN
 not quite in full flower yet, we'll be there when it is,

 one of the
SPEARWORT (species)

 Huge patches right across the property of

 STINKING MAYWEED

BROAD-LEAVED STONECROP

YELLOW BARTSIA

HEDGE BEDSTRAW

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