Introduction

August is inevitably hot and punctuated by a couple of typhoons every year.
    
 
    Birds
    This is a relatively quiet month as breeding activity has quietened down while the autumn migration has not yet commenced in earnest.
    
 
    Other Animals
    Other Species
    
 
    Plants
    
Ginger grows in one area along the gully walk and its white flowers are a beautiful sight in August. 
    
 
    Butterflies and Moths
    Many insects are still present in great abundance. Surpisingly this is a quiet month for moths as well.
    
 
    Other Insects
    
Blue-banded bees are quite common here.