Last week I ended up cycling back from Gateshead along the Tanfield Railway path and took a rather ill-advised shortcut. This took me along a rough bridle path through farmers' fields but I did get a quick view of a couple of bright male linnets on the hedgerow.
The same day I followed some recent advice and took a look at the viaducts on the cycle track near Rowlands Gill to check them out as possible places to see purple hairstreaks. The idea is that the height gives a good view into the crowns of some oak trees and two of the three do indeed have oak trees growing right next to them.
The weather was already rather mixed and I did not see any hairstreaks. A bit like in May with the green hairstreaks, I got the vital information just a bit too late and will need to store it until next year. What I did see however, somewhat to my surprise, was the back end of a red deer disappearing into the bushes, no more than a mile or so a way from the town.
There has been a drop in temperature over the last couple of days and it has coincided with the sudden reappearance of long-tailed tits on the garden feeders - as many as four or five at the time. I hadn't seen them all summer so it was a bit of a surprise. However it does sort of coincide with my memory that you tend to see them more in colder weather.
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