A dozen or so extra photos from our walk northward along our shore on 6th August 2026. Enjoy…

6th August 2026

No apologies for posting water-pics first! 🔼 You think my focus was the mallards? Nope. It was that reflected lamppost 🔽 Water Lilies, shadow-banded

6th August 2026

6th August 2026

🔼 Methinks the pond safer sailing for this model boat than would be the tumbling sea 🔽

6th August 2026

6th August 2026

Flowers 🔼 Valerian is happy rooted into gaps in a wall, so it has no problem here where dune meets prom 🔽 Sea Holly (spot the bee) ⏬ No, not dandelion. This is Hawksbeard

6th August 2026

6th August 2026

6th August 2026

🔼 Sheepsbit-Scabious 🔽 Ditto, with exceedingly crisped looking moss

6th August 2026

6th August 2026

For me, this is very sad to see, so used to seeing the dune plants looking fresh and green, even when winter winds and frosts have seared everything else. But… 🔼 the grey curling things are what remains of the Ferns. Though that Bedstraw looks wonderfully bright! 🔽 Sedum, ever green, it’ll flourish in an inch of soil, or not even that

6th August 2026

6th August 2026

🔼 I’ve heard it called ‘Beach Rose’ but to me it’s Japanese Rose. Whatever it’s name, like everything else, it’s suffering from our heat and lack of rain 🔽 Restharrow, a member of the pea family, much cursed by farmers back in the days when a horse pulled their ploughs and harrows

6th August 2026

🔽 I couldn’t resist adding this. After all these beige photos, we need the blue sky and sea!

6th August 2026

I hope you didn’t find that too depressing. I have no doubt when I return to the dunes sometime around December to February all will be green again

And yes, we have some flyers this week. Just a few.