• Tiny changes, big effects: gardens and microclimates
    How did you get on in the Big Garden Birdwatch last weekend? My Wood Pigeons outshone themselves with a count of 16, and overall I counted 57 birds of 18 species. Of course there were the 'no shows' ...
  • The great Newcastle Storm has had its effect on our garden birds.
    On the late afternoon of 28th June the Newcastle area suffered a terrible storm which resulted in severe flooding over a large area. We received more than a fortnight's rain in an hour. The sky was black...
  • in the garden
    Busywashing the consevatary and other things while weather is nice apart from the mice had a couple of visitors. The gremlins struck have tried again Ray
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    back garden in summer time.
  • Not in the garden, but...
    About ten years ago (for the millennium to be exact), a local farmer dug a large pond in the field next to our house and I was surprised how quickly wildlife took up residence. Over the last few years...