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> Yes the top that was off was on the other wall of

> the bridge this one has had most of the wall

> knocked down ,certainly not wear and tear.Must

> have happened Sunday night cos we found it like it

> early Mon morning and strangely the gates were all

> open at 6am , seemed to me they hadnt been locked

> Sunday night !


One of the other bridges has its top off too - perhaps it's a maintenance job rather than vandalism.

We have blackbirds nesting in our garden every year. This year a pair laid four eggs in a nest in a bush but they didn't hatch. Possibly the same pair then laid one egg in another nest in some dense ivy-like growth and again it didn't hatch. Then we think the same pair (it's difficult to tell) had a third go in nest number two and we were rooting for them. Today we found the mum dangling dead next to the nest with her foot caught in some foliage. In the nest were five dead hairless chicks. Does anyone know a good bereavement counsellor?

The house martins are back. I love the sound they make in the evening when they swoop up and down before settling for the night.


And someone please tell me, how do the coot chicks go from ugly little beggars with red heads to quite pretty birds with a white streak overnight?

Anyone see bats in the Upper East Side (ask your dad)? Would've thought there would be some around the top end of Goodrich, near to the Heights but I've never seen any. I would imagine there are bats a plenty on the Rye and in Dulwich Park, but I'd like to see some closer to home.

Dozens of painted ladies in the garden this week.


And on butterflies, has anyone ever seen a Camberwell Beauty in the area?

"The name originated from the discovery of two individuals at Coldharbour Lane in Camberwell in August 1748" (Wikipedia)


Just back from Turkey, where the density of insect life (and other wildlife) seems so much greater than in the UK...

So much in last two days. Have to say, the binoculars have been the best ?6 investment ever. Now I just need a cheapo camera.


All found on the Rye:


Cuckoo spit on lavender plants in Sexby Garden (the whole of which smells divine at the moment)

Red lily beetle

Copper coloured beetle (like ladybird shape and size but without spots in a lovely burnished shade)

Both turtles sunning themselves on the island. Could they be red eared sliders?

The trees (some sort of Poplar?) that look as though the fairies have spread cotton wool on the ground

Red, and blue dragonflies

And the highlight - a young cuckoo. Never seen one before so thrilled.

Where they ultimately go is on my washing! Why do I have a line underneath a tree?


Blackberries are in full blossom at the mo which bodes well for a good harvest.


Next time you pass a horse chestnut, have a good look at the conkers. They look like gooseberries at this stage with fine red hairs.

Edited to say I really meant sweet chestnuts. Conkers at this stage look pretty much as you'd expect.

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