Daily Nature Log ✍️
A Late-August Railway & Rooftop Stroll
Off at 11:30 am into a brisk, refreshing breeze that knocked the 19.3°C ambient temperature down to a comfortable “feels like” 20°C. The drought-affected turf under the pine trees by the rec is staging a dramatic post-rain comeback—though a cheeky fast-growing weed seems eager to crash the party and outcompete the local grass. Definitely one to monitor!
The local corvid contingent was out in force today: nervous jackdaws fluttering close by on the rec, a noisy chorus of twenty rooks swirling the cemetery canopy as I walked in, and a hungry flock of ten feeding on the lush green turf of the town football ground.
Meanwhile, Cabbage Whites danced along the hedgerows and care home privet, and a lone red poppy popped up amongst the roadside Welsh poppies.
Capping off the local color was a steam train rolling down the track packed with holidaymakers squeezing out the last drops of summer, and a territorial wood pigeon delivering a booming rooftop speech to wrap up the trek.
Daily Stats
Distance: 1.65 miles
Time: 35 minutes
Google Fit: 23 Heart Points
Notable Flora: Musk stork’s-bill, field mallow, yarrow, Welsh poppy, red poppy, crab-apple windfalls
Bird Count: 2 Jackdaws, ~20 Rooks (rookery) + 10 Corvids (football pitch), 1 Male Blackbird, 2 Feral Pigeons, 1 Wood Pigeon
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