Daily Nature Log
Narrative
   The air was a warm 18°C to 28°C, but it felt closer to a scorching 30°C in the direct sun when I set off 🌞. Down Foxy Lane, three painted lady butterflies danced over the tiny wildflowers.

    Reaching the recreation ground, I spotted six corvids feeding on the football pitch, with another ten—mostly rooks—pecking at the grass around the field’s edge. Countless small whites and two large whites darted beneath the hedgerows, while a pair of magnificent painted ladies fluttered by the cemetery road. True to form, the ‘friendly’ local Pitbull Terrier let out a couple of barks from his garden as I passed.

   Inside the cemetery, a trio of magpies darted through the trees, their numbers swelling to six as I walked on. Two corvids and a gathering of wood pigeons patrolled the verges. Reaching the top field, I caught sight of an Offshore Response Vessel out at sea and zoomed in for a photograph. I tried to capture a couple of painted ladies fluttering frantically over the wildflower bank, but they were simply too quick for my camera! Two distant rooks and a pair of roadside dunnocks rounded out the cemetery sightings.

   On my way to the main road, I photographed the wildflower garden, noted a solitary feral pigeon on the Leisure Centre roof, and watched a flurry of butterflies charting the edge of the playing field.

Stats
Distance: 1.74 miles
Time: 36 minutes
Google Fit: 23 Heart Points

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