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By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
08 May 2012
[...] as soon as the sun leaks through the cloud, I latch onto any movement in the garden. I’m relieved that, today, it’s wasps and bees. Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Wildlife
04 May 2012
This year there’s no Sid, no great tits and no blue tits. Just one fat magpie. Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Wildlife
26 April 2012
While frog tadpoles are secretive, hiding in mud and among oxygenators and plant roots, toad tadpoles are more adventurous. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
25 April 2012
There is a touching courtship going on around the ivy hedge; the holly blues are playing kiss chase in the sunshine. Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Wildlife
20 April 2012
A couple of years ago, a friend of mine opened his compost bin and found a hedgehog and her babies staring back at him... Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Wildlife
13 April 2012
Apparently there’s nothing like a foul-smelling bucket of leaves to get dung-flies going... Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
10 April 2012
[...] it has become a tradition of this blog that I bemoan the inadequacies of holiday cottage gardens. Well, we've outdone ourselves this time. Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Wildlife
29 March 2012
Last summer I developed a bit of an obsession with the ladybird lifecycle. I collected the pupae of harlequin ladybirds, put each one in a jam jar and waited to see what emerged... Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
27 March 2012
In the bright warm sunshine, there is a lot of love-making going on in my pond. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
14 March 2012
[...] many people find small flies in their back gardens all the time, and most people ignore them. But this one is a jewel.
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