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The crescent Moon looked beautiful last night, hanging over the houses low in the west: Venus was further away to the north, but still a lovely sight.

Despite the heavy overcast and cooler weather today, the buddleias are still attracting a good number - and a good variety - of butterflies: Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Red Admiral and (least common) Meadow Brown.

At sunset, the crescent Moon and Venus were quite close together in the misty western sky.

Having been 'late on parade' for the Weybourne Shorelark on Tuesday (by half an hour!) I thought I'd leave early and try again this morning. Despite arriving at 06.45 and staying until 09.00 the bird failed to appear. Some consolation came in the form of a Peregrine heading eastward and a few Stonechats. A large offshore 'gull melee' held a few Meds but nothing exciting. Grea...


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Frogz!

While watering the pot plants in the garden (with a watering can, naturally!) I was delighted by the number of Common Frogs that appeared: five from just a dozen planters!