Cornwall Cottages Diary

October - From the Farm

September has been a glorious month in Cornwall - lots of lovely warm sunshine and blue skies. There is a wonderful show of sunflowers in front of the farmhouse and the flavour of the blackberries is superb. Have managed to make some bramble jelly – nothing like it with some Rodda’s clotted cream and a scone or two.

Talking of food, had an excellent outing to the Cornwall Festival of Food and Drink in Truro. The displays of cheeses, chocolates, cakes, jams, fish, ciders and wines etc. were absolutely amazing and a lot of tasting took place!

On the farm we haven’t got into the tedious business of gathering up the fallen leaves yet as they are very late turning due to the gorgeous weather.

Friday, 2 October 2009

Warm weather prolongs UK butterfly season

Warm weather prolongs UK butterfly season | Patrick Barkham | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Warm weather means the UK is still seeing spectacular displays of native and migrant species as late as October - but this is not good news for butterflies in the long term

There have been numerous reports of newly arrived red admiral, white admiral (seen here) and clouded yellow butterflies along the UK's south coast. Photograph: Neil Hulme/Butterfly Conservation

If you stroll along the South Downs or Beachy Head today, you might imagine it is August, not October. More than one-third of our 59 butterfly species are still flying at a time of year when you would normally only expect to see the odd hardy small tortoiseshell seeking out a dry cranny for hibernation.Butterfly blog : Large White
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