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The Wildlife Garden in October
Cornus Autumn Colours The beginning of October was typically cool and damp at the beginning of the week – quite unlike other Octobers here in South Shropshire which are sometimes warm and sunny! One of the local red kites flew … Continue reading
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The Wildlife Garden in April
After a very cold and miserable March, April began with an improvement in the weather in South Shropshire providing a few quite sunny afternoons. There were still plenty of finches using the bird feeders – goldfinches, greenfinches, siskins and a … Continue reading
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The Wildlife Garden in March
The beginning of March saw me still snowed in to the small valley in South Devon where I had been having a brief holiday, which turned into an extended stay! It was just about the worst weather I had seen … Continue reading
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The Wildlife Garden in February
As usual for the time of year my garden wildlife diary for February seemed to be dominated by the weather, and with good reason! At first the mild conditions at the start of the month here lulled me into a … Continue reading
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The Wildlife Garden in December
December was a very cold month in my South Shropshire garden with plenty of snow and frost. The weather brought large numbers of birds to the feeders and the orchard, while goldfinches fed on the seeds of lavender and teasel. … Continue reading
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The Wildlife Garden in November
As we moved into November the weather began to turn frosty and cold, making this month yet another good one for birds in my garden in South Shropshire. An influx of pheasants at the very start of the month signalled … Continue reading
The Wildlife Garden in August
As the summer progressed here in South Shropshire there was sadly little change in the miserable weather. We were blessed with the very occasional warm and sunny day, but between these wonderful little windows of summer, cold, wet and even … Continue reading
The Wildlife Garden in July
While some areas of the country, especially the south and east, were basking in high temperatures in July, the west was having rather a different set of weather conditions. There were hot sunny days but these were interspersed with windy, … Continue reading
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The Garden Wildlife in May
With yet more variable weather in the South Shropshire Hills, the garden here was alternately hot and sunny and cool and windy throughout May, with conditions changing rapidly. Orange tips were the most abundant butterflies both in the garden and … Continue reading
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Tagged bank vole, garden wildlife, orange tip, orchids, Shropshire, spotted flycatcher, Wildlife Garden
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Dinchope Diary - Life in a Wildlife Garden 