Badgers

30°C today. But according to Radio 4 this is not an Indian Summer.  Indian Summers happen in October, when there has already been a cold snap.

I bumped into Ann today - our neighbour - who told me that she recently saw a badger ambling out of the meadow.  It crossed the little road (pausing to look up at her car) and went into the garden next door to ours.  It would be lovely if our efforts to make the meadow more wildlife friendly had something to do with its visit.

Sadly, there was no-one to take a picture.

September Meadow

A gorgeous Heartsease taking advantage of the short grass.

The Cornflowers are still flowering which is great for the bees.

September Butterfly

A Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly. I think this is the first I have seen this year. 

September update

So, the common is half cut (not drunk, half scythed).

I have decided to cut the other half in February because I have heard a lot recently about insects and small mammals needing to overwinter in long grass.  However, I am going to borrow my neighbour's strimmer as cutting with a scythe and removing the cuttings is very hard work.