Midsummer and still Singing

Loud song from many birds along the river during the past few days, even during very dull, overcast and misty weather. Song thrushes are the loudest and are singing most of the day, with chiffchaffs, wrens, whitethroats, blackbirds, robins and chaffinches all joining the daytime chorus. This indicates more nest-building and more broods of young to come during the next few weeks and months.

Flowering Guelder Rose on the river bank amongst luxuriant undergrowth, good for butterflies, dragonflies, bees and birds. The bright red berries of the Guelder Rose attract the mistle thrush and bullfinch during the autumn and winter.