Archive
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28 March 2020
Species of the day: Alexanders
Alexanders is an umbellifer belonging to the enormously diverse and widespread carrot family. It’s well known for its use in medicine.
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28 March 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Eleven
I disguise myself as a sofa and wait for the Danny la Rue of the crow family.
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28 March 2020
Wonderful Waders
Wading birds come in all sorts of size and shape.
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27 March 2020
Species of the day: Starling
The Common Starling is undoubtedly one of the countries most familiar garden birds. So familiar in fact that they’re almost certainly underrated in both their beauty and abilities in song.
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27 March 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Ten
The song of the Chiffchaff. Not the most inspiring song when you have a hangover.
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27 March 2020
Rye Harbour Quilt 2020
A huge thank-you to everyone that supported the Rye Harbour Quilt project. It has raised nearly £5,000 for the Discovery Centre.
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26 March 2020
Froggy Friday
It’s frogspawn season - one of the most exciting events in nature’s calendar. We look forward to it every year, eagerly awaiting the return of the frogs to water. Will they make it safely back to the garden pond after their winter sleep, and when will they arrive? Will they spawn this year? When will it appear, and how much will there be?
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26 March 2020
Species of the day: Drone Fly
The Drone Flies are some of our commonest Hoverfly species
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26 March 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Nine
A short film to reassure you that I’m going to be keeping myself busy over the coming days.
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25 March 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Eight
On sculpted, vibrant yellow wings my first Brimstone butterfly of the year makes his elegant entrance over the garden fence.
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25 March 2020
Species of the day: White Dead-nettle
The White Dead-nettle is a very important source of nectar for bees, particularly at this time of the year, when few other nectar-producing plants are in flower.
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25 March 2020
A Good Newts Story
Glenn Norris on the hunt for the Great Crested Newt