WILDLIFE TO WATCH: OCTOBER
As we move into October, we’ll be expecting more autumnal weather. While temperatures have remained warm, you can certainly feel the days getting shorter and nights beginning to draw in. Fruit and fungi should be the stars this October. Fruits are already abundant across the farm and we’ve already spotted shaggy inkcap mushrooms emerging.
Most of the migratory birds which spend the summer here have already left. As the leaves fall, we’ll the last of the migrants which pass through the UK on their return south to the Mediterranean and Africa following a summer breeding further north in Europe. During the month, we’ll also start seeing the first winter visitors from Scandinavia, such as redwings and fieldfares.