May is one of the loveliest months in the year as the countryside starts looks its best after the winter.  It’s a time when we really...

We deserved this. After one of the wettest autumns, followed by yet another dull grey winter, we have been able to enjoy one of the...

Snipe To echo Peter in his report, the last few weeks have been glorious, and the perfect weather to be out and about. At the time of...

Oil Beetle This is the time of year when you note the first awakenings of spring. There was an early spawning of frogs in a friend’s...

Goshawk As we transition from winter to spring, so many of our winter residents start to head off and the inbound migrants start to...

As the weather gets milder, gardens become very busy places.  Birds and bees start to nest and some species of insects such as moths are...

Pink Waxcap 'The Ballerina' I have been away in a hot place, Oman, so these notes will have to be brief. On my departure the winter...

Water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides Temperatures in March can still fall below zero so March can be difficult time for garden...

Raven Spring Hill and Burnt Wood continue to be rich in bird life. The golden plover, fieldfares, redwings and skylarks are all present...

As I write, the first aconites are appearing on lawns and in the churchyard, a cheerful little flower appearing at a time of year when we...

Golden plovers January has been a great month for sightings, particularly up on Spring Hill. Our resident group of over one hundred...

Despite the early signs of Spring, February can be a very cold and wet month, so it’s really important to keep looking after the wildlife...

Once the shortest day has passed and the days start to get longer, we can start to think of Spring.  January, however, can be a tough...

A new species has arrived in the area but not a welcome one. A demon shrimp, Dicterogammarus haemobophes , was found by riverfly monitors...

One of the special sightings this month was to see sparrowhawk racing along just above the river before surprising a group of pigeons...

The autumn, though very wet during September and October, remained more or less frost-free before mid November, and so many tall trees...

November has been a great month for autumn sightings. The flock of golden plover has continued to increase, while we now also have the...

Now that the temperature is really starting to drop, there are lots of things we can do to help wildlife to overwinter until Spring.  ...

The series of warm, dry Septembers we have enjoyed lately ended this year with thunderous deluges lasting for days. If autumn has come...

Meteorological summer has now ended, and the morning autumn mists are already starting. The departure of the swallows and house martins...