Same here. I'm going to lose a few trees and shrubs, just like nut, unless we have a prolonged period of rain soon (preferably lots of continual medium size spells, rather than a huge deluge, which is what I expect will happen.) The last dregs from my 900 litres worth of water butts are the only thing keeping my blueberries from shrivelling away. Local differences are huge.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
We've been up over 20C and 8mm rain last month (Denmark) government is already talking about compensation for farmers, we had over 10 weeks last year with no rain.
We did get plenty of rain over winter but my fields are dry down to about 3cm already. And they are predicting a long hot dry summer. I'm busy getting irrigation set up.
Heard on the radio the other day that there will be no shortage of water in Cornwall for at least 25 years, after that impossible to predict. raining here again this morning.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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I've had to top up the bird baths twice this week
raining here again this morning.
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/summaries/anomacts
May maps aren't yet available.