July brings the greatest heat…
Wildlife
Bird chicks are learning to fly, while bumble bees and butterflies such as red admiral and peacock are attracted to fragrant buddleias and many hedgerow flowers. Swarms of insects provide food for swallows, swifts and martins. You can see flocks of goldfinches in the countryside, often chattering to one another in the trees, while cuckoos are the first birds to migrate south for the winter.
Plantlife
Ripening crops such as barley and wheat dominate the landscape while grasses, nettles, burdock, traveller’s joy and cleavers are just some of the many plants that fill the hedgerows, pathways, verges and roadsides. Red displays of willow herb feature in disturbed ground while on poppies, campions and a variety weeds, such as corncockle, thrive on land unaffected by farming.
July Factfile
The air is buzzing with busy bees dusting their bodies with pollen, sheep and cattle are have a coiffure ready for agricultural showtime, check out more on our July factfile
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