Those regular followers who like me are becoming obsessed with amounts of rainfall then they will be pleased to know that things have improved a bit this last month. 119mm of rain for July is above the rough monthly average for Flanders (about 100mm a month) but is actually represents a dryish July, Scotland summers being on the wet side. The Moss has been looking a lot wetter but the sponge that is the body of peat that makes up Flanders still needs more topping up. After only a week of little rain it is starting to look dry again. So August here we come.
Anyone walking around the boardwalk will notice the difference between now and just a few weeks back. It is quiet. The bird song has dropped off completely as males no longer hold territory but hide away with the females moulting and trying to replenish their fat reserves before going on migration. It is a sad fact that April / May seems a long way away when we will next be hearing that cacophony of birdsong that so lifts the spirits.
