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  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Eight

    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.

     
  • Species of the day: White Dead-nettle

    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.

     
  • A Good Newts Story

    25 March 2020

    A Good Newts Story

    Glenn Norris on the hunt for the Great Crested Newt

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Seven

    24 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Seven

    Today I’ve decided to tactically deploy the most powerful weapon I have and blast you with some thermonuclear level cuteness to distract you from these difficult times.

     
  • Species of the day: Song Thrush

    24 March 2020

    Species of the day: Song Thrush

    The Song Thrush is one of our most familiar and popular song birds. Its distinctive, boldly charismatic repertoire has inspired people over countless generations.

     
  • Species of the day: Lesser Celandine

    23 March 2020

    Species of the day: Lesser Celandine

    Lesser Celandine was so loved by William Wordsworth (his favourite, in fact) that he wrote no less than three poems about it

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Six

    23 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Six

    It’s a cold, clear night and I stood staring up at the stars, the satellites and Venus blazing bright in the western sky. I wasn’t sure what I was looking for up there, maybe a sign? some reassurance? It was then I that I heard it. Tseep.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Five

    22 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Five

    A guided tour of the garden

     
  • Behind the Lens with Sara Humphrey

    21 March 2020

    Behind the Lens with Sara Humphrey

    We talk to ‘Sussex’ Sara Humphrey about her love of wildlife, her photography and visiting nature reserves by public transport

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Four

    21 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Four

    The plants in my garden are beginning to bloom and, as it’s still a bit early for many pollinating insects, some of our first flowers are banking on the breeze to spread the love.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Three

    20 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Three

    Just as I was returning to the kitchen I heard a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming loudly from way across the road on an oak tree in a neighbour’s garden.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Two

    19 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Two

    Watching a pair of Long-tailed Tits this afternoon in the willow tree.