Nature Blog by Jenny Bourne
Views and opinions expressed in this Nature Blog are those of the author.
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March winds, April showers... roadworks, nature anthology
Thursday 4th April 2019
As I type a cold rain is lashing down from dark grey skies and the temperatures have plummeted over the past few days – from a balmy 20°C to 10°C in a matter of…
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Wild wild westerlies
Wednesday 20th March 2019
Wild wild weather last week! Winds gusting from the west for several days and this was the result from the night of Saturday 9 March, much to the amusement of everyone who turned up for café on Sunday morning!
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Rainwater harvesting, spring sprung and whitethroat
Tuesday 5th March 2019
An enterprising plotholder family has produced a brilliant video on rainwater harvesting excellent work, Doctors Max and Freya!
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Queen bumble and mistle thrushes
Tuesday 19th February 2019
A welcome day of mild spring-like sun brought out the bees to the early flowers. I watched as this queen bumble bee lurched and crawled over the delicate crocus flowers, like a large fuzzy bear…
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Snowdrop Mania! And bees
Sunday 10th February 2019
I’ve been bitten by snowdrop mania!
Well, not quite so extreme yet as spending up to £360 for a single bulb of ‘Green Tear’ but I did spend £10 on a ‘Nothing Special’ bulb, purely because of it’s modest, self-effacing name!
It’s proved to be a nice little plant and has flowered dutifully for the past two years.