Earlier this week, I had a walk around Kalmthout Heath. It was very hot and quiet apart from a family of Black Woodpeckers which were making a lot of noise. I also got to see Crested Tit, a migrant Whinchat, and several Grayling butterflies which are very localised in Belgium, being found only on sandy heathlands and in the dunes along the coast. For some reason, there weren't many dragonflies around, forcing a juvenile Hobby to have a go at catching a White Wagtail instead. The heather was in full bloom, however, producing these wonderful expanses of pink and purple carpeting the heath in every direction.
