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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It looks like the first hosepipe ban has now been introduced in Hampshire/Isle of Wight. More to follow I expect.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Fire, 19c warm for sleeping! Impossible I say,.(Unless you are Hosta, of course, love him!!)
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Lyn said:
    There a lot of difference from East to the West. 

    The map of rainfall probably correlates with the temperature - dry soils lead to higher air temperatures.

    What's interesting to me is the extent of the over 39 - zone. We'd never had temps in the UK above 39 before and there's a huge chunk of the country suddenly gone over it this year 
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Nanny Beach said:
    Fire, 19c warm for sleeping! Impossible I say,.(Unless you are Hosta, of course, love him!!)

    I still sleep with my 15tog duvet and the windows closed. 
    Devon.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited July 2022
    RG, I think that is what surprised the meteorologists - the jump in the max temps and how wide the zone was. Very unusual in both counts. 

  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    An interesting article on collapse of bird and insect numbers due to drought. 

    Here at Knepp the scientists are saying insect numbers are well down - moths, dragonflies, butterflies. The earth is too dry to forage or pupate in. Bumble bees overheat. 

    There have been big fires in wilded areas, wetlands are drying up. Let’s hope for a wet winter. 

  • MikeOxgreenMikeOxgreen Posts: 812
    Fire said:
    An interesting article on collapse of bird and insect numbers due to drought. 

    Here at Knepp the scientists are saying insect numbers are well down - moths, dragonflies, butterflies. The earth is too dry to forage or pupate in. Bumble bees overheat. 

    There have been big fires in wilded areas, wetlands are drying up. Let’s hope for a wet winter. 

    It's a shame we can't magically pull out what we don't want from there, I know everything has it's use, but i'll be glad if mosquito and midge numbers are down.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Flying insects are vastly important as a food source and as pollinators. 
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Since yesterday, August 2nd, like most of my Département, I am now in a total watering ban for ornamental gardens. Since there is no rain forecasted for the rest of the month, I'm wondering what is going to happen to my mixed borders. This morning I took a number of photos of the garden, in order to document the effects of dryness in the coming weeks. :(
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Historic source of the Thames has dried up. 

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