I went on a walk near Castle Howard with my daughter and her boyfriend on Sunday but not too much turned up in spite of some nice scenery with some impressive oaks and hornbeams. We did get a good view of some blackcaps in a bush (a lot of blackcaps this year?) plus the customary goldfinches and speckled wood butterflies and a momentary glimpse of a hornet.
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| Lake near Castle Howard |
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| Mystery crop |
Apart from that and the smallest shetland pony I have ever seen, there was nothing further to note.
Yesterday a rather raggeldy looking red kite flew over the estate. Nothing new has turned up in the garden.
In the evening I went out with the U3A Naturewatch group to look for nightjars near Slaley. They have appeared there for the last couple of years but it was a rather wet and dark evening and all I saw was a furtive hare at dusk and a few pigeons. A while after dusk we did hear some churring but at a such distance it wasn't even worth recording.
At the moment I have the feeling of being in a bit of a nature void. Summer is pretty much over and autumn hasn't started.
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