Searching for food in the undergrowth

Taking a little time to clean out some of the bird feeders

A frosty start to the day

Autumn life in the undergrowth

Providing some of the colour in the planted borders

Taking advantage of a break in the rain and I finally complete maintenance to the wildlife friendly banking

Thinning out some of my strawberry plants, removing weeds and turning over the soil before transplanting the healthiest plants.

I thought to make an early start on maintaining the wildlife friendly area

An hour or so maintaining the wildlife friendly banking while the sun was out

While onsite tidying my raised planters I thought I would begin trimming the wildlife friendly banking area, clearing away dead plants, thinning out various grasses and taking care not to disturb any of the inhabitant protected species (slow worms and common lizards) that may not have gone into hibernation yet.

Weather permitting I should be able to complete this tomorrow.

Maintaining my planters in between the showers

Still a little more work needed but that can wait for a drier day

A comma butterfly feeding on blackberries

Its that time of year again.......planning for next years crops

Hover flies taking advantage of some late flowering calendula

Seasonal colour in the planted borders

Remembering the work of friends and past volunteers before getting power tools when we all got a good workout while maintaining the area

An early visit from a red admiral

Small copper and common blue butterflies visiting today

Repairing a section of damaged post and wire fencing and adding extra posts

After fellow service users had made an excellent job of tidying one of their planters I thought I would have a go at repairing a damaged section of post and wire fencing, increasing tension to the wire and adding a couple of extra posts for additional support.

The mini beast hotels are really beginning to blend in naturally

Trying to keep the wildlife friendly area tidy

Signs of autumn from the hawthorn in the wildlife area