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August 14th promised to be another sweltering day. We decided on a morning walk before the worst of the heat. Ospreys and other birds We wanted to check if there was still a young Osprey on the nest at Greenway. We found one young bird calling urgently to be fed. The eyes of immature Ospreys […]

The long-range forecasters were right when they predicted a hotter than normal summer for us. We are enduring another heat warning. Daytime highs of 32 to 35 degrees Celsius are predicted, with humidex values of 37 to 42 and overnight lows of 20 to 23 degrees Celsius. This is a good time to revisit the […]

Although we have had no heat alerts this week, we have had air quality warnings due to wildfire smoke from the western provinces. The risk level of the air quality health risk has been in the moderate range. We can only imagine the impact on wildlife and people experiencing more serious risk levels. Kirk-Cousins Management […]

Kilally Meadows Environmentally Significant Area (ESA) was purchased by the City of London in the early 1970s and is managed by the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority. It encompasses a section of the Thames River corridor, meadows and woods. The platform in the photo above often hosts an Osprey family. This year, a Canada Goose […]

We were in Peterborough during sweltering days of high heat and humidity. We managed a morning walk in Jackson Park before the heat became unbearable. The park’s trails descend steep slopes treed with White Pine, Balsam Fir and White Cedar into the wide valley of Jackson Creek. We chose trails that afforded shade and a […]

We took ourselves east for family visits during the sweltering hot weather of the past week or so. We had time for a morning walk in the park along the Etobicoke Creek that meanders through the Brampton suburbs. The meadowlands attracted a variety of butterflies, more than we have seen to date this summer. Common […]

We’ve been under another heat warning that has keep us inside more that we would have liked. We often take short walks through Harris Park and beyond, sometimes taking photos along the way. These don’t usually make it into our reports. Here is a random selection through the past few months. April In mid-April, although […]

After several days of intense heat and humidity, successive thunderstorms cleared the humidity, at least temporarily. We could see the rain coming down in sheets in the distance on June 27. Despite the heat, we decided to visit Sifton Bog during the hottest days on June 22nd. Sifton Bog is another of the Environmentally Significant […]

June finally brought us some seasonal summer weather until the past few days (June 22nd to 24th) when we endured sweltering temperatures above 30 C and humidex equivalents above 40 C. June 16, 2025 and June 20, 2025 The humidity culmninated in a series of thunderstorms on June 24th that haven’t yet cleared the area. […]

In late May, we went to Pond Mills, part of a larger Environmentally Significant Area (ESA) in London that encompasses several kettle ponds. These ponds were formed when large blocks of ice from retreating glaciers melted and made depressions or kettle holes that collected water and sediment. The Pond Mills trail circuits the South Pond […]