October 2015
In the autumn animals start to get ready for winter and many, especially the herbivores, will be busy collecting food to store for the cold months. Squirrels bury nuts and acorns and rats and mice…
In the autumn animals start to get ready for winter and many, especially the herbivores, will be busy collecting food to store for the cold months. Squirrels bury nuts and acorns and rats and mice…
September often brings warm, sunny days which are appreciated by butterflies. The Speckled wood, however, prefers some shade and will sometimes be flying on overcast days. As the name suggests it likes a woodland habitat…
August time, with lovely wild flowers still shining in our Norfolk roadsides and hedgerows but one of our best loved summer sounds, the call of the Cuckoo, has come to an end, now. Adults started…
Warm colour filled days with butterflies feeding from the lovely summer flowers and the air is buzzing with insects. One that briefly takes to the wing is the ant and although we sometimes have ‘flying…
Warm summer days and the air is alive with the buzzing of insects going about their business. As they move from flower to flower, feeding on pollen and nectar, some of the pollen from the…
The last week in April and the first week in May are usually the best times for Bluebells. These stunning, violet-blue relatives of the Hyacinth are mainly associated with deciduous woodlands but are also found…
The dawn chorus is well under way, with birds singing as soon as there is a hint of daylight, to advertise their territory and attract a mate. Studies done at different airports have shown that…
Seven miles from the centre of Norwich, in the village of Little Melton, on wet spring evenings, something unusual is going on. People in high viz jackets, carrying buckets and torches, are wandering about the…
The robin has been singing throughout the winter to let everyone know that he owns a particular territory and he will be very aggressive towards any other male of his species that dares to enter…
What lovely sunsets we have in the winter with our big Norfolk skies. Sometimes, while driving, I just have to pull over so as not to miss the wonderful colours; like everything in the natural…