Archive
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29 April 2020
Dunnock - Bird Song
The Dunnock is an overwhelmingly inconspicuous bird that in fact very much belies its meek and modest nature
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29 April 2020
Species of the day: Pied Wagtail
The chirpy Pied Wagtail is a bird summed up nicely by its name, though it has many others in folklore, including the widespread “willie wagtail” and charming “peggy dishwasher.”
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29 April 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Forty-three
I build a Grass Snake heap, go shopping for horse manure and get into another argument.
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28 April 2020
Species of the day: Hawthorn
With its distinctive leaves, the Common Hawthorn is a familiar sight amongst spring hedgerows. Its colloquial name of ‘May-tree’ is entirely suggestive of its typical flowering period
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28 April 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Forty-two
I film some egg-laying damselflies. It’s all rather fiddly.
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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