August delivered weather similar to July, with periods of heavy rain, wind and occasional bright sunny days.
SIGHTINGS
Birds: Carrion Crows, Jackdaws, Jays, Magpies, Buzzards, Sparrowhawk, Tawny Owl, Green/Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Stonechats, Wood/Feral Pigeons, Collared Doves, Nuthatches, Mistle/Song Thrushes, Robons, Blackbirds, Dunnocks, Wrens, Chaffinches, Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Bullfinches, Siskins, Willow Warbler, Coal/Blue/Great/Long-tailed Tits.
Mammals: Grey Squirrels, Roe Deer.
Butterflies/Moths: Peacock, Holly Blue, Large/Small White, Speckled Wood, Comma, Silver-studded Blue, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Ringlet. Species of day flying Moths.
Pond Life: Pond Skaters, Whirlygig Beetles.
Insects: Crane Flies, Species of Bees, Sheet Web/Wolf Spiders.
Reptiles: Common Lizard.
Dragonfly/Damselfly: Broad Bodied Chaser, Small Red.
Plants in Flower: Bell Heather, Cross-leaved Heath, Cotton Grass, Common Sundew, Large White Pond Lilies, Rowan /Holly Trees in berry.
Fungi: Birch Polypore, Common Yellow Russule.
Birds were seen feeding on natures bounty of seeds and berries.
A Sparrowhawk was frequently seen hunting for prey along the Hazel Drive boundary.
The wet warm weather encouraged Fungi to form towards the end of the month.
