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it on the Rye in 2005 when trees on the south side were affected, but not the ones along the north.The wet spring appeared to delay the mines, I noticed them in May last year but they have caught up with a vengeance. Even so, they do not appear to be as ravaged

. Hopefully to be caught by the beekeeper and introduced to a new hive or skep. In a good spring, when nectar and pollen are in glut, an early swarm in May or June would be a welcome increase to the keeper's holdings well worth that hay or spoon.April does

they hunted in packs, like wolves. Of course, each is hunting alone, but they often appear in numbers at this time of year, scurrying across bare ground in the spring sunshine.The ones running around my tulips are Pardosa, and although I can't decide exactly

their metabolism until next spring. Unfortunately, in the process of dying off the workers make one last attempt to satisfy their sweet tooth, and this is why they start paying close attention to cream teas and iced buns. It's no use me telling you to stop waving

on. Then today I found the large bone, obviously the remains of someone's Sunday roast, dumped under the bench up there. Squatters?Fox sightings have been down this last couple of years, and even the plaintive screaming in early spring seems to have

, removing leaf litter and other debris. This will keep your pond healthy for frogs, toads and other pond life, and hopefully ensure our frogs make it through the winter, ready to give their populations a good boost in spring.

chaff is just lazily missing the right notes.Greenfinches irritate me on the bird table - all that mess and spitting - but I do love their wheezy song. A sure sign of spring, I heard the first one of the year last week. But until now I didn't know what

of pollen and nectar cake laid in by their mother, and have developed into adults, they delay final emergence until spring. It is then the males that emerge first, often several days before females from the same nest. They then wait about until the females

through to adulthood in late May or June. Then she will have help to protect, feed and increase the nest.All too often, a promising start to spring is suddenly reversed by a bout of poor weather in May. This can cause fatal setbacks to the queen wasp

at the edge of the water in total darkness with bats swirling around me.Like so much of our wildlife, bats are having a hard time. This is mostly due to the widespread use of pesticides in agriculture. British bats feed exclusively on insects, so spraying