As is normally the case, June is a dry month on the South Coast.
Other than the exceptionally cold weather we have been experiencing recently, there are some positives.
The aloes are flowering in all their resplendent glory, as well as the erythrina caffra, the wild rambling scarlet clerodendrum splendens and of course the poinsettia.
Frequenting the dam on the Scottburgh Golf Course, a regal pair of crowned cranes are back, as well as their companions the blue crane. A regular evening visitor to the parapet above my house is a magnificent eagle owl, who lets his mate know he is there, with his gentle hooting call.
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Winter is here in all its variety! The sardines however, seem to have given Scottburgh a miss this year.
Concerning the rainfall, let us not forget the floods of April 10 and 11 when 286mm were recorded over three days and then again on May 21 when 222mm of rain fell in a single day.
In contrast, only a measly 19,5mm fell in the whole of June: on the 5th – 9mm; 9th – 9mm and 19th – 1,5mm.
The average for June over the last several years has been as follows: 2021 – an exceptional 203,5mm; 2020 – 19mm; 2019 – 16,5mm; 2018 – Nil; 2017 – Nil.
TONY MASON
Scottburgh Central
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