Wildlife recording on the street – looking back at 2020
When lockdown dawned in 2020 and naturalists across the country were forced to redirect their wildlife-watching close to home, I […]
Wonderful Wildflowers at Bishop Middleham Quarry
A Special Site of Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Durham Wildlife Trust nature reserve encompassing a disused magnesian limestone quarry, I […]
The Pound Wood ‘Fritillary Site’ – a place for butterflies and a great deal more, by Ross Gardner
The Essex Wildlife Trust’s Pound Wood, like so many ancient woods, is a special place and for different reasons. It […]
Chasing Urban Orchids
Few wildflowers capture the imagination quite like our orchids. They’re beautiful, of course, but also sufficiently scarce to provide a […]
A Walk on the North Downs Way, by Frances Jones
A couple of weeks ago, I walked part of the North Downs Way with a friend. Not a particularly unusual […]
Excitement in the wildlife garden
Wildlife gardening has become somewhat of an obsession of late as we attempt to make our urban ‘yarden’ as appealing […]
Investigating the Prudhoe Spetchells
For a long time, I have read with envy the blog posts of others who have visited the Prudhoe Spetchells […]
The blue, the bronze and the hairy
We have been on somewhat of a quest this year to transform our little urban yard into a plot beneficial […]
On the hunt for urban bees
For me, one of the few positive aspects of our current lockdown has been the opportunity to look closer at […]
More tales from the urban jungle
In line with the government guidance, this week, time in nature has been squeezed and condensed. A few short forays […]
Croaky! – Thousands of toads make perilous mass migration to breed
Each night a sleepy corner of the country witnesses an amphibian march as hundreds of toads and newts make a […]
Signs of Spring, by Frances Jones
My walk through the woods has become significantly more important for me since the announcement came that the country was […]
Tales from the urban jungle
It certainly feels like Spring has sprung in my little corner of Newcastle: garish daffodils of all shapes and sizes […]
Enjoying a waif from the East
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of catching up with the long-staying male Black-throated Thrush at Whipsnade Zoo, in Bedfordshire […]
Nature has no cue: Our ‘lost’ winters are throwing nature into a state of confusion
As butterflies and newts are spotted in December, earlier than nature intended, scientists warn that species are losing their seasonal cues […]
Bringing Nature into the Music Lesson, by Frances Jones
On New Year’s Eve, in a cosy cafe over pots of tea, a friend put a question to the group: […]
