Nature Notes – December 2018
After I mentioned Redwings and Fieldfares last time, several people got in touch to tell me that they had seen
Read moreEach month, Sweffling’s resident naturephile, Geoffrey Abbott, writes a topical article for “The Bridge”. All of these are collected on the website.
After I mentioned Redwings and Fieldfares last time, several people got in touch to tell me that they had seen
Read moreMy first Redwing this autumn was almost at the end of October, in shrubs in next door’s drive. They often
Read moreThe buzz last month (apologies for that, but it had to be said) was the appearance of very large numbers
Read moreIn late summer we have fewer wild flowers in the verges and field margins, especially after this particularly dry year,
Read moreAt the time of writing we have just ended a record hot, dry period (it would be misleading to call
Read moreThe internet is well named. Being a net, it is full of holes, through which fell last month’s Nature Notes.
Read moreThis seems a good time to include a piece about the Sweffling churchyard, which has been in such good colour
Read moreAt this time of year, everything in the natural world seems to be changing particularly fast, with spring flowers appearing,
Read moreThe large bird of prey, the Buzzard, seems to continually be on the increase. It is true that their habits
Read moreAmong the Goldfinches on the bird feeder this February have been the hoped-for numbers of Redpolls. I get a lot
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