On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:00:33 +0100, "Paul Crabtree"
wrote:

I was at Shap AWS yesterday and the ants were terrible, huges swarms of them
all over the place, it got so bad we ended getting back in the car. Back at
home my elderley neighbour had the right idea - he had a blow torch going
and was burning them as they emerged from their nests - weather warm 20c,
with light winds

Plenty about Contin, Ross and Cromarty too 10th August.

Some birches were yellow, water stress I presume.
Another sign - the moorgrass is turning yellow/gold.

Richard Webb