Nature Blog by Jenny Bourne
Views and opinions expressed in this Nature Blog are those of the author.
Click/tap on panel below for full news story.
-
Long time no post!
Wednesday 26th September 2018
It was our Autumn Social and Produce Show 16 Sept and for what seems weeks I’ve been preoccupied with all the planning and preparation (and driving to a wonderful goat farm to buy straw bales for the Family Scarecrow competition…
-
Bug hotels, bedsits and boxes, butterflies, rabbits and foxes!
Friday 17th August 2018
On Tuesday Janet, Flora and I enjoyed ourselves at a ‘Blue Peter’ style workshop session outside the cafe, making a variety of insect habitats with recycled and found materials. These will act as examples…
-
Jersey Tigers and froglets
Wednesday 18th July 2018
This large, hairy caterpillar was discovered lurking under a tissue at the base of my old apple tree. Approx 5cm long with dark green spots, it didn’t feature in my trusty manual, ‘Collins Guide to the Insects of…
-
Ragwort, cinnabar moths and bee boxes
Monday 9th July 2018
The flowering ragwort has been covered with cinnabar moth caterpillars over the past week or so – I’ve never seen such a profusion of them!
-
Drought conditions, marbled white and red kite
Wednesday 4th July 2018
A few days ago a marbled white flew over my plot, by the park wall.. I haven’t seen it back again, but there are plenty of large whites, skippers and meadow browns…