Bog Myrtle & Peat

The blaeberry has begun to flower again after a long winter. Comparing my dates, these flowers are out somewhere between ten days and a week earlier than they were last year. The hot weather over the last few weeks has really hurried everything along, and it shouldn’t be long before these stiff pink flowers become juicy blaeberries.

In amongst the undergrowth, I also spotted two emperor moths this morning as I checked my traps. One was dead after having had its head bitten off by something, and the other was perched on a stalk of blow grass without a care in the world. I am still amazed by these moths, which impressed me with their size and beauty when I first saw them last year.