Nature Blog by Jenny Bourne
Views and opinions expressed in this Nature Blog are those of the author.
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Happy, peaceful and fruitful 2019!
Monday 14th January 2019
First weeks into the New Year and it’s not so far been too harsh for the birds gathered round the feeders. The chaffinches have reappeared after an absence of most of the year and a welcome return.
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Six starlings, five jackdaws and a pheasant in a manure heap...!
Wednesday 19th December 2018
This recent visitor to the site is totally unperturbed by curious plotholders snapping pics.
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Dead hedges, evergreen hedge and all things composting
Wednesday 21st November 2018
On Sunday we were privileged to hear Guy Barter, Chief Horticulturalist at RHS Wisley talk to plotholders and answer questions about all things composting.
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The Poppy Red, autumn harvest and apples
Friday 9th November 2018
In choir we’ve been singing ‘The Poppy Red’, music composed by Owain Park, commissioned by the Military Wives Choirs to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War.
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Halloween Horror! Last rose of summer, wood wasping and frogs..
Wednesday 31st October 2018
This horror scene greeted me a couple of weeks ago – nature red in tooth and claw.