Archive
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05 May 2020
Nudibranchs AKA Seaslugs
Ella Garrud spends lockdown thinking about what she might be seeing in rockpools, such as nudibranchs or seaslugs, which are not closely related to garden slugs.
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05 May 2020
April 2020 - Rye Harbour Wildlife
This month was strange under “lockdown” with mostly just very local people out and about enjoying their restricted walks and cycling on the reserve and in such lovely weather.
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04 May 2020
Species of the day: Garlic Mustard
The naming of Garlic Mustard is technically a little misleading, at least in a botanical sense, for it bears no relation to the true garlics. It does, however, smell just like them
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04 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Forty-nine
An unusual shaped pond and an unusual shaped plant.
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04 May 2020
Breathing new life into a neglected farm pond
Local community groups have restored Rolls Farm pond
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04 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Forty-eight
Excuse me while I kiss the sky.
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03 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Forty-Seven
The results from today’s Back Garden Bird Race
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03 May 2020
Species of the day: Marmalade Hoverfly
The Hoverflies form a large and diverse group of more than 280 British species. A familiar resident of gardens and one of the few to have obtained a common name is the Marmalade Hoverfly
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02 May 2020
Species of the day: Cuckoo
There may be no summer migrant more familiar to us than the the Cuckoo. Ironically it’s a bird whose scattered distribution and secretive habits mean that many may never have seen one
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02 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Forty-six
The Dawn Chorus, the greatest free festival of the summer.
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01 May 2020
Beltane / May Day
Today is the official festival of spring, when we celebrate how abundant and exuberant our natural world is.
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01 May 2020
Species of the day: Horse Chestnut
The Horse Chestnut is a ubiquitous tree species, best known for its substantial contribution to British culture in the form of ‘conkers.’