Nature Blog by Jenny Bourne
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Time flies, bees and herons
Saturday 3rd April 2021
Is it just me or does time seem to by flying past at an alarming rate these days? April already, but it’s been reassuring to see the first sand martins flying over Rick Pond in Home Park last Saturday, almost to the day I first saw them last year.
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Reed buntings, frogspawn, bees and flowers
Sunday 7th March 2021
No March winds, but a cold raw week to start the month. It’s hard to get motivated to get out under grey, overcast skies. But this afternoon a welcome return of …
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Farewell, then old incinerator... and Happy Valentine's Day!
Sunday 14th February 2021
So, farewell, then RPA incinerator, that’s stood here for many a year and provided the background for many …
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Shoots of spring, native hedge and wildlife area plantings
Monday 8th February 2021
The Beast from the East 2 has been blowing snow flurries around for the past two days and it’s been bitterly cold. Before that it’s been incredibly wet with …
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Snow, goldcrests and harbingers of spring
Tuesday 26th January 2021
A snow fall on Sunday morning, causing widespread excitement for everyone of us in lockdown who’s been finding these short days of dark, dull weather increasingly irksome. We went down to the plot…