The chances are that your garden has been left unattended over the chilly winter. My own garden hasn’t had much attention since late November/early December when Christmas was looming large and so there were plenty of other distractions. The wet, snowy winter that set in at the beginning of the new year has slowed down [...]
I saw a Jay in London and it stayed still long enough for me to look closely at it.
We spent the morning trimming the mixed hedge in the front garden. It is a mix of Eleagnus, Holly and Buddleia. Not that unusual but what really surprised me was the number of Crickets we found.
I’ve identified them as the Speckled Bush Cricket [Leptophytes punctatissima] and the only ones we found were the females. [...]
Have you ever seen any tired looking bees in you garden. Well, the RSPB are suggesting that you help them with a little sugar water.
Of course having plenty of nectar laden flowers in your garden would help too but this seems like an interesting idea. Why not give it a try next time you find [...]
Save the Sparrow.
How many birds come to your garden, how many beetles can you identify.. are there newts in your pond?