Archive
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27 April 2020
Species of the day: Red Mason Bee
The Mason Bees are named after the characteristic habit of using ‘masonry’ products in the construction of their nest cells.
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27 April 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Forty-one
I count the Cowslips on the front lawn and scare a neighbour.
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26 April 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Forty
Results from our fourth Back garden Bird Race. There was no Hoopoe but there was a penguin. Seriously.
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26 April 2020
Species of the day: Blue Tit
With vividly bright plumage and a personable nature, the tiny Blue Tit is one of our most recognisable garden birds
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25 April 2020
Species of the day: Ivy-leaved Toadflax
The charming Ivy-leaved Toadflax isn’t a native British species, having thought to have hitched a ride on imported Italian sculptures and first recorded living wild in 1640.
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25 April 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Thirty-nine
Back Garden Bird Race #4 - with a short guide to our commonest garden singers. And Frank Sinatra.
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24 April 2020
Species of the day: Large Red Damselfly
Damselflies and Dragonflies are without doubt one of the most successful orders of animals that exist on the planet. Typically the first of them to be spotted in spring is the rather stunning Large Red Damselfly
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24 April 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Thirty-eight
There aint no bee flies like a bee-fly flies
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23 April 2020
Seagulls and the sound of silence?
According to the World Health Organisation, noise pollution affects over 100 million people in Europe – so the effects of noise pollution on wildlife must be monumental. Why then when it gets quiet in urban areas, have seagulls decided to go elsewhere rather than enjoying the silence?
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23 April 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Thirty-seven
At last! My first Orange-tip of the year. Spring is officially here.
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22 April 2020
Species of the day: Ground-Ivy
Ground-ivy is a beautifully proportioned and supremely common perennial herb of the mint family, but bears no relation to true Ivy
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22 April 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Thirty-six
I check in on the fox cubs under the neighbour’s shed.