The upper catchment has held water through a dry August, which is the first time in four seasons that has happened.
The sphagnum lawn above the confluence is continuous for roughly 140 metres, where last September it was broken into three patches with bare peat between them. Depth of the wettest hollow measured 38 centimetres against 22 last year.
Two of the drainage grips blocked in 2023 have silted to the point where they no longer read as channels at all. A third, at the eastern end, has cut around its dam and is running again; it will need attention before the winter.
