OUR AIM IS TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE HABITAT IT PROVIDES FOR WILDLIFE ALONG THE RIVERSIDE
THIS POST IS FOR HILLS FARM CONSERVATION GROUP NEWS...
THE NEXT POSTS - FOR OCTOBER - on Hills Farm Wildlife Conservation will be coming here soon.
The day of our September meet, Sunday 27th September 2020 was a very windy day and much cooler - around 13deg C with a 15mph wind from the NNW. The only showers this morning were of acorns falling from the Oaks - a record crop this year, now ripe.
Birds started to sing from 11.00 onwards in the slightly brighter conditions with blackbirds foraging on the damp ground. Nuthatches called from the Oaks and house sparrows crowded the hedgerows, singing. Robins were starting their autumn song. The previous day a pair of mallard were busy inspecting the river, now clear and faster flowing but still low.
Some apples on one of the bankside trees were still green but most had ripened more quickly. Some varieties had ripened and windfalls had quickly been eaten of carried away by wildlife, leaving no trace. Every single tree had born fruits in abundance this year but at different stages of the long summer!
Our next scheduled meet is on Sunday 25th October 2020
British Summertime ends!
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