In the meadow, the Cow Parsley is over...

Thistles are the next new thing...

but on the pool, 5 young cygnets swim serenely on...

If you go down to the Meadows today (or tomorrow for the Bioblitz) these are some of the things you might find...

A young Reed Warbler being fed by its parent...

some beautiful grasses...

some interesting insects...

a Banded Demoiselle

and some youngsters looking more like their parents every day!

Sunrise on the meadow...

Cygnets - 4 in a row...

Proud parents announcing 5 new cygnets....

A Whitethroat was singing a lot on the back hedge this morning...

as was this Wren...

Summer sunshine today... bringing out the flowers...

so the insects were out... a bee on clover...

and a damselfly on a nettle...

and a Reed Bunting was gathering grubs to feed his young family...

and a Whitethroat was singing happily...