Nature Blog by Jenny Bourne

Rain at last! Decent amounts of the watery stuff now stair-rodding down for much of the day and last night..great! The ground feeders, thrushes, blackbirds, robins etc can now have a good stab at worms, snails etc and the nice, wet ground…

A surprise visitor on our plots last week – this female mallard had been seen enjoying the small ponds in neighbouring plots, including a small ceramic sink as well as Flora’s larger newt pond!

Our Bug Hotel has now been relocated into a more secluded spot in the wildlife area, thanks to the efforts of a Sunday morning workparty. The de luxe multi-storey habitat will hopefully provide a…

My next door plot neighbour showed me this amazing little perfect sphere of a wasp’s nest, fixed in the top of his shed roof! Unfortunately it’s not the sort of…

The fruit and ornamental blossom has been amazing this year, a rich abundance of cherry and plum blossom thickly covering the trees and the pink-white…