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By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
07 December 2011
I recently intercepted a tweet from Harriet Rycroft [...] asking whether anyone could identify the creatures she was unearthing among the dahlia roots. Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Wildlife
02 December 2011
…I was hopeful this summer, that the crackling I heard while negotiating an overgrown area of beach in Dorset, meant that I would finally lock eyes with a real, live, snake. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
There is a delicate balance between wanting to see nature in the garden, and suffering the consequences of its visits. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
[...] with perfect timing, announced by a series of metallic 'tsit tsit tsit' notes, a small gang of titmice comes bobbing over the hedges. Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Wildlife
You might see your garden as an isolated entity, but the local hedgehogs, frogs, birds and bees view it differently. Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Wildlife
Hedgehogs are mainly active at night, so many of us don't realise we share our gardens with these prickly beauties. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
I'm afraid I've been rather disparaging about fat balls and landscape gardeners again. Continue reading...
By Richard Jones in
Wildlife
Despite their size and loud buzzing, hornets are the most docile of our social wasps, and also the most secretive. Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Wildlife
A local cat has found my garden. It was only a matter of time, I suppose, after I had made the frogs, birds and mouse so welcome. Continue reading...
By Kate Bradbury in
Wildlife
Leaf miners literally 'mine' leaves, tunneling through them and eating them from the inside, before pupating and emerging as an adult... Continue reading...
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