Thursday 10th July

 The ponies seem to sense me coming - they played their usual game of being completely invisible when I arrive and then turning up near the entrance in an area which I had already checked.  So it was today.  No sign near the main entrance, and then after I had made a complete circuit of the site, they were just downhill from the corral:

After a brief hello, they continued to graze.  A lot of flies around their eyes, but I could not see anything wrong.

Yes - yellowhammers singing still, and ragwort has its uses, at least for cinnabar moth caterpillars:

A good number of butterflies enjoying the sunshine.