On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:33:43 +0100, Sacha wrote:

Dozens of swallows are flying overhead.

Not been aware of swifts/swallows/martins this year as much as
normal. Don't think I've heard a swift all year. We did have a few
martins chattering about early on but that's all. I think the warm
spell followed by the cold weeks either did for them or kept them
further south/lower down.

The rowan berries are reddening up nicely, the birches starting to
yellow, yep summer is definately ending and autumn approaching.

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Dave.

On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 22:42:02 +0100, Dave Liquorice wrote:

The rowan berries are reddening up nicely, the birches starting to
yellow,
yep summer is definately ending and autumn approaching.

The rowans are positively weighted down with berries this year!
Spectacular. I wonder if they enjoyed all the rain in the spring, the
dry in summer, or the combination.

We have a rowan planted near the house for a traditional ward, (when your
house is called "the suffering" and the village "the coffin", you need
all the help you can get ), which has never had much fruit, but this
year it's laden.



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Gardening in Lower Normandy