HOW TO HELP WILDLIFE IN YOUR GARDEN IN APRIL
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...
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April 2024 Ramsbury Bird Notes by Paul Swan
What a magical time this is, as we transition from Winter to Spring. In the last few days we have seen barn owls foraging, red kites on...
March 2024 Ramsbury Nature Notes by Peter Marren
Perhaps surprisingly, many fungi appear during the winter, especially the sort that form patches on tree branches and logs. Margaret Swan...
March 2024 Ramsbury Bird Notes by Paul Swan
Gardening on a recent warm day, I was accompanied by a pair of robins. One was much braver than the other and came within a couple of...
Scintillating Swifts
A talk given by Ailsa Claybourn On the 7th March we were delighted to welcome Ailsa Claybourn to the Village Hall to talk to us about...
HOW TO HELP WILDLIFE IN YOUR GARDEN IN MARCH
Temperatures in March can still fall below zero so March can be difficult time for garden wildlife. Here are a few tips to help the...
Julia Goodman
Feb 21
Kennet Valley Wetland Reserve Presentation
For the benefit of people, nature, and the planet. Kennet Valley Wetland Reserve will be an area of 16 hectares (40 acres) of restored...
HOW TO HELP WILDLIFE IN YOUR GARDEN IN FEBRUARY
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...
February 2024 Ramsbury Nature Notes by Peter Marren
We will surely remember the flood of January 2024: the time when the valley was transformed into a waterland. For those who did not have...
February 2024 Ramsbury Bird Notes by Paul Swan
The last few weeks have been dominated by rain, strong winds and flooding. Most of our water meadows have been flooded and swans, ducks,...
January 2024 Ramsbury Nature Notes by Peter Marren
I learned a new word this winter. ‘Markescence’ means the state of a tree that has somehow held on to its browning leaves when other...
January 2024 Ramsbury Bird Notes by Paul Swan
The fieldfare and redwings have finally arrived in some numbers. Over a hundred are up on Spring Hill with the golden plovers and another...
HOW TO HELP WILDLIFE IN YOUR GARDEN - JANUARY
As winter draws on, this is when the wildlife in your garden, really does need a helping hand albeit by providing food and water or...
Chilton Foliat Wildlife Team Member
Nov 20, 2023
HOW TO HELP WILDLIFE IN YOUR GARDEN - DECEMBER
As winter draws in, this is when the wildlife in your garden, really does need a helping hand albeit by providing food and water or...
Chilton Foliat Wildlife Team Member
Nov 20, 2023
December 2023 Ramsbury Nature Notes by Peter Marren
In the relatively mild days and nights in early November there was still plenty of insect life about. One morning I found several little...
Chilton Foliat Wildlife Team Member
Nov 20, 2023
December 2023 Ramsbury Bird Notes by Paul Swan
The golden plover have continued to increase on Spring Hill, and now number around 200. As always, they give an amazing display when...
Chilton Foliat Wildlife Team Member
Nov 20, 2023
November 2023 Ramsbury Nature Notes by Peter Marren
This autumn will surely be remembered for the large number of very fresh red admiral butterflies, often seen feeding greedily on ivy...
Chilton Foliat Wildlife Team Member
Nov 20, 2023
November 2023 Ramsbury Bird Notes by Paul Swan
One sign of autumn is the return of the golden plovers to Spring Hill. This year the first few arrived in early October and the flock...
Chilton Foliat Wildlife Team Member
Oct 12, 2023
HOW TO HELP WILDLIFE IN YOUR GARDEN - OCTOBER
As Autumn approaches, there are still plenty of things you can do in your garden to help wildlife. Even the smallest things can make a...
Chilton Foliat Wildlife Team Member
Sep 24, 2023
A fascinating bat talk and walk
On Friday, 8th September we were delighted to invite Dan Ahern from the Wiltshire Bat group along to the hall to lead us on an evening...
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