Quite a contrast between yesterday and today with grey skies and a cool breeze replacing the much pleasanter conditions that I enjoyed at Earls Barton. Hoping for a break in the overcast I headed over to Priors Hall but such breaks as there were turned out to be all too brief and it was a fairly uninspiring slog with little to show for my efforts.
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| Rose Chafers and Small Heath |
At the quarry lake there was at least one Great Crested Grebe still present and I could hear Little Ringed Plovers too, the local Sand Martins were skimming just above the water surface in their quest for food. Around the ponds there was a good selection of warblers which included Reed and at least one rattling Lesser Whitethroat. Few insects were braving the conditions and the most memorable were some jewel like Rose Chafers and a single Small Heath butterfly. The afternoon turned out to be much sunnier but by then I was engaged in other matters, hopefully next weekend will be a little warmer!
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