Nature Blog by Jenny Bourne

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!

An enterprising plotholder family has produced a brilliant video on rainwater harvesting excellent work, Doctors Max and Freya!

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…

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.

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.