SIGHTINGS & SPECIAL TREES

Our snowdrops were late this year. By mid-January the white ‘drops’ were showing and ready to blossom. And then nothing happened. From a...

Avian romance is in the air. In the garden we have two robins that are very much a pair and should shortly start nest building ready for...

The last few weeks have been dominated by rain and strong winds. Several people have asked me, ‘where have the birds gone?’ Heavy and...

The fieldfare and redwings have finally arrived and joined the hundreds of golden plovers on Spring Hill. If walking in the conditions...

The bitter weather in December gave us winter landscapes we haven’t seen lately. When the maples along Newtown Road finally gave up their...

The bitter chill of the second week in December was followed in the New Year by days and days of mild wet weather. Mild enough for the...

This is really interesting.

Nature! Having said that the golden plover had not arrived on Spring Hill, they turned up the next day. There were around a hundred to...