Haycut

I've done just over 60% of the haycut in July (excluding my neighbour's field) which is a change from the 40% I used to aim for. This is partly because everything has come a bit earlier this year and partly because I have a feeling we might pay for the extended period of dry days with an extended period of wet days in August. Whilst in the fields today I saw a tiny Slow Worm and a Painted Lady butterfly - both first sightings for 2025. That takes the 2025 butterfly species list to 16 with 2 more probables (Green-veined White and Holly Blue) neither of which I got close enough to to confirm. For comparison I recorded 16 species in 2023 and only 9 species in 2024.