Flood barrier collapse...

Today's high tide finally overwhelmed the crumbling flood bank on the River Medway at Wouldham, adjacent to Starkeys, today...

Flood wall collapse at Wouldham...

This drone footage shows the extensive flooding of the fields in the area...

I guess this still won't stop developers building houses on it in a few years time...

Cloudscapes...

 A couple of pictures taken at Ranscombe Farm today...

Ranscombe...

A couple of shots from a short walk around the reserve today... 

Bush Valley as seem from Brockles...

The Medway valley, as seen from Nine Acres...

Common Restharrow.....

Harvest time at Ringshill Farm...

Cuxton from Ringshill farm...

Further down the valley the bales had already been gathered...

Cuxton from Ringshill Farm...

 

A Comet over Cuxton...

Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), as seen from the edge of Six Acres, looking north at around 23.30 on the 17th (last night).  Combination of several  5s and 15s exposures at F6.3, ISO 400...

Kitchen Field...

Kitchen Field from the top of Brockles...

Kitchen Field...

Kitchen Field...

Poppies and Chamomile...

The poppies are finally giving way to Chamomile, which at the moment is giving a wonderful red and white contrast. There are several species of Chamomile and Mayweed, but the prevalent one here is called Stinking Chamomile. When the flowers are crushed they have an unpleasant odour and are currently giving Kitchen Field a smell rather like dogshit, which of course is perfectly normal for Ranscombe these days, unfortunately...

Marbled White...

Vipers Bugloss...

Ranscombe...

A short stroll up to Brockles...

View from Terry Sutton's memorial bench at Brockles

Towards Upper Bush...

Poppies at Kitchen Field...

Small Tortoiseshell...

Meadow Clary...

Twenty Acres...

Looking south from the eastern edge of Twenty Acres...