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By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
08 May 2013
It’s been fascinating to follow the tweets of butterfly enthusiasts as they marked the arrival of warm weather during the last fortnight. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
24 April 2013
Although, yes, technically it is a spider, I’m almost positive that nobody could really be scared of the zebra spider. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
10 April 2013
A dead leaf was twitching on the water’s surface, and gently peeling it up, expecting to see an animated amphibian beneath, revealed, instead, a queen wasp. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
26 March 2013
Three weeks ago I excitedly tweeted a photo of this year’s first newt. Despite the reflections of sky, me and my phone, she is quite clearly visible in the pondweed. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
13 March 2013
Sapphire Class at Ivydale Primary School are now experts on bumblebees. We did a workshop on climate change so I took in a tray of bumblebee specimens. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
27 February 2013
Whenever I speak to anyone about frogs or toads, they are always slightly amazed that their pond-free garden should contain them. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
13 February 2013
Hardly anything is moving and the various birds are huddled against the cold; like me they all seem to be thinking “come on, spring must be along soon”. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
01 February 2013
Some people are very precious about trees. This is because the tree has become one of the green super-icons of the environmental movement. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
16 January 2013
I imagine that, for most people, a compost bin is a useful source of compost. In our garden, though, the compost bin is little more than a private nature reserve. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
02 January 2013
I once had a relationship-threatening close encounter with a herring gull in St James’s Park, but I gloss over that here. It is the black-headed gull that you are most likely to see far inland. Continue reading...
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