Normal for a Monday morning. Fewer walkers but nice chat with one.

No litter, verly little birdsong. No change in water levels

 Went out for a bonus visit just to count butterflies on the last day for it. 7 large whites. There may have been other species but not visible to me. Litter free. Quite a few walkers and swimmers, no surprise. No litter. Snipped a few more brambles en route.

Sunday 9th August

Lots of litter in NML, which I cleared up and hung on the fence to pick up later and...forgot.  Andy is right, NML is becoming impassable, particularly in the middle and some nasty nettles up by Fisherman's Gate.

Lots of walkers

Saturday 8th August

​pretty quiet today, mega warm yet again but no issues. The grazing animal signs have been taken so I will make sure new ones go up. We are still waiting on some no entry signs for the top of the loop but they will go up soon too. 

Saturday 8th August

A tsunami of litter at the Durngate bench, and plenty at the mosaic near the veteran willow, where the swimmers had discarded their wet clothes. Two of them had toileted under the trees. Drug paraphernalia, including spoon, at the mushroom.

Apart from this, a lovely morning!

This lovely young stoat crossed my path in SPM yesterday, when I was doing FPP. 

Friday 7th August

​Pretty quiet , minimal litter and no issues. A few smoking in the glade but left after I arrived.  No issues which was nice. Quiet afternoon, despite the warm sunny weather. 

Thursday 6th All Good

Early start, lots of runners today and one prayer lady. A little bit of litter otherwise all good. Swans and cygnets by the path but not fussed today. 

The path across NML to the fisherman's is getting very difficult to navigate. I got lost a couple of times.