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The Wildlife Garden in June
The beginning of June was very warm and sunny in South Shropshire and swallows, swifts and martins were feeding around the house and over the garden every day. Juvenile great tits appeared in the garden on the 3rd, just as … Continue reading
The Wildlife Garden in May
In the first week of May the weather in South Shropshire was warm and sunny and the whole garden looked green and vibrant. The long borders were growing well although they were becoming overcrowded in some areas and a few … Continue reading
The Wildlife Garden in April
At the beginning of April the weather was a little brighter than it had been in the last week of March and all our ‘usual’ bird species were around the garden with the exception of siskins. A heron was still … Continue reading
The Wildlife Garden in March
The weather was yet again very variable and unseasonal at the start of the month of March, but in general it was cold and bright here in South Shropshire which was a pleasant change after the storms of February. Trips … Continue reading
The Wildlife Garden in February
I spent the first part of February on the Island of Anglesey in North Wales, an area of the country I love and try to visit a couple of times every year. As you might expect in early February, the … Continue reading
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The Wildlife Garden in January
During the first week of the new year the weather in South Shropshire was mild and dry – almost spring-like at times – with catkins lengthening on the large hazel outside my back door. A small flock of long-tailed tits … Continue reading
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The Wildlife Garden in December
The weather was cold, frosty and bright at the beginning of the last month of the year which meant that there were plenty of fieldfares in my orchard feasting on apples. On the second day of the month a wonderful … Continue reading
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The Wildlife Garden in November
The first frosts of the winter meant that November began with rather cold conditions in my wildlife garden, but we then had warmer, drier weather for the rest of the week. All the trees around the garden started to lose … Continue reading
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The Wildlife Garden in October
The weather in Shropshire became more autumnal in the first week of the October with berries now showing up well in the hedges and big hawthorn trees around my garden. There were still a few butterflies about including a single … Continue reading
The Wildlife Garden in September
The beginning of September saw our female mallard and all the young ducklings happily living in our garden once again in spite of our attempts to encourage them to use the bigger pond next door. On the first of the … Continue reading
