The weather was warm with intermittent sunshine.
As well as taking lots of plant photos I had plenty of time to search for eggs laid by the Southern Hawker yesterday. I found what could possibly have been one but the majority seem to have been laid under the surface of the wood in tiny holes and cracks.
A fully grown Common Frog put in an appearance by the pond in the morning.
The Slow Worm was basking on the fence again.
When I looked for more Slow Worms in the undergrowth I found a Smooth Newt. Back in Pensby the adults usually leave the pond around this time of year and it looks as though they do the same here.
A Corn Marigold in the wild flower border.
And what I think is Feverfew, in the same location.
The hoverflies in the garden included
the very common Episyrphus balteatus
and the rarer Xanthogramma pedissequum.
Sitting on the back step I was visited by a female Lesser Stag Beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus).
This is a piece of flint from Buddleigh Salterton that I knapped to make a couple of small and exceedingly sharp blades.
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