August Highlights

August has been very busy with the summer holidays providing plenty of time for adventures. Some of our favourite have been:

• The Bug Mad Girl blog got a mention in BBC Wildlife magazine. Bug Mad Girl and I are both still over the moon about it!
• Doing the Big Butterfly Count and seeing lots of butterflies, including the Brown Argus.
• Watching the lovely baby birds in the garden, in particular the Robins, Blackbirds and Sparrows.
• Finding Chiltern Gentian in a beautiful secret garden.
• Watching the cheeky rats that occasionally make an appearance on the patio.
• Walking in the rain and finding huge Roman Snails.
• Bug Hunting at College Lake nature reserve.
• Finding a dying baby rat - very sad, but still something we both won't forget.
• Seeing a Buzzard sitting on a road sign just around the corner from our house.
• Observing the Hover Robins trying to be Hummingbirds to get the bird cake.
• Seeing a Hummingbird Hawk Moth in the garden.
• Our trip to Ireland - exploring the Burren, playing in the rockpools and finding a fox in Grandad's back garden.