Nature Blog by Jenny Bourne
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Where's the strawberries?
Friday 5th May 2017
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!
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Relocation, relocation, relocation!
Wednesday 26th April 2017
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…
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Wisping wasps, bug hotels and Marksus Spenceris cherry!
Thursday 20th April 2017
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…
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Bees love 'em! Seed Store break-out and two for joy...
Tuesday 4th April 2017
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…
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Spiders from Mars!
Friday 24th March 2017
Haven’t been able to identify this large (almost 2cm) spider that appeared in one of the hollow panels of the shed window – it stayed in one place, almost immobile for 2/3 days before disappearing off! I hadn’t noticed it there previously so it can’t…