Archive of: Michael Blencowe
-
22 December 2021
Naked (Christmas) lunch
Michael Blencowe talks turkey
-
12 November 2021
Billingshurst - creating a haven for hairstreaks and other wildlife
Making plans to help the butterflies of Billingshurst
-
20 August 2021
Snake in the grass
Michael Blencowe on the grass snake, which prefers swimming to grass and releases a pungent smell when threatened. .
-
16 July 2021
School Report: A Trip to Seaford College
Our Community Action team visit Seaford College.
-
24 June 2021
Mink - fashion victims
American Mink - a victim of fashion and natural born killers.
-
11 June 2021
A rose chafer by any other name
The rose chafer is one seriously glamorous insect. Each one looks like it’s been designed, carefully crafted, coated in the most dazzling metallic green and hand polished.
-
21 May 2021
Marsh Frogs: laughing all the way to the riverbank
Michael Blencowe on the very noisy marsh frog chorus
-
18 March 2021
If I had a 'hammer.
After eight years of hoping and waiting a Yellowhammer flies into my Horsham District garden.
-
14 February 2021
Michael's Moth Webinar Q&A
Michael answers the Q&A questions from his recent moth talk.
-
27 December 2020
December Back Garden Bird Race Results
Results from the Eighteenth and final (for now) Back Garden Bird Race. When we started the Back Garden Bird Race in April we had no idea that the race (or the pandemic) would last this long. I wouldn’t have believed that I’d still be sat under strict Covid restrictions eight months
-
26 December 2020
Join us for one last Back Garden Bird Race (27 December 10-11).
I hope you all had a peaceful and safe Christmas. Back in March we started a regular group activity at a time when you weren't allowed to have group activities. Our Back Garden Bird Race event gave a lot of people a reason to step out into the garden or
-
23 December 2020
Everyone's festive psychopath - the robin
What is it about the robin that us Brits find so endearing?