Sunday, 25 February 2018

A Bitterly Cold Afternoon at Alton Water Park, Shotley Peninsula

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It felt as though the temperature was several degrees centigrade below freezing: there was an unforgiving wind from Siberia. However, w...
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Thursday, 15 February 2018

Red Letter Day for White-letter Butterfly

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Those of you who follow my blog may recall my excitement at seeing my first White-letter Hairstreak surprisingly close to my Suffolk home...
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Saturday, 10 February 2018

Urban Birds (and Mammals) in a Local Park

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Treecreeper Inspired by the launch of Nadia Kingsley's new book of art and poetry, DIVERSIFLY , on the theme of urban birds in B...
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Saturday, 3 February 2018

The Latecomer

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This furry creature arrived after the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch , and evidently found something tasty in the planter. Since the mammal se...
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Saturday, 27 January 2018

RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2018 - And my top bird is...

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I believe for the first time, the Goldfinch came out top in my 2018 Big Garden Birdwatch survey. As you will guess, the photo above was n...
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Saturday, 20 January 2018

Suffolk Flora Preservation Trust Poetry Competition Event

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I am just back from the Suffolk Flora Preservation Trust Poetry Competition (SFPT). Many congratulations to Tim Gardiner for winning the...
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Monday, 15 January 2018

New Year greetings... and today's (grey) visitors

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Belated wishes for a happy new year!  I saw two Grey Squirrels in the garden today: while this one had knocked his food off the Silv...
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Friday, 22 December 2017

Christmas Greetings...

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This may not be my wildest post, but it comes with good wishes for Christmas and the new year. Mrs Pretty's entrance to Tranmer Hou...
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Monday, 13 November 2017

Autumn at NT Wicken Fen

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The promise of late autumn sunshine lured us out with a picnic lunch to NT Wicken Fen  for some fresh air, bright colours and wide s...
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