August 6, 2026

Warm but a little breezy this morning in #Royden. Rose bay willow herb starting to seed, some impressive bale towers and new mallard and moorhen additions on the mere.

A cluster of tall wildflowers with pink and white blooms stands in front of dense green trees and brownish underbrush. A narrow dirt path winds through a landscape of purple and brown heather with green trees under a partly cloudy blue sky. A scenic view of fields with several tall towers of hay bales scattered throughout, bordered by dense trees and shrubs, under a partly cloudy sky. A duck with her ducklings is swimming in a calm body of water near the edge of a wooden platform and a shoreline with trees. Two moorhen chicks by adjacent platform.