If there are no strong winds the autumn leaves can stay on the trees well into the winter providing us with welcome colour. This is particularly true of shrubs which are often lower and therefore… November 2014

Autumn brings beautiful colour changes to many of our trees. Their leaves turn from green to yellow, orange, red or purple, depending on the species. Why does this happen? Like us, plants use glucose for… October 2014

This month is often still warm and summery and insects are busy stocking up on autumn nectar. On our Norfolk coast a species of mining bee will be feeding on Sea-asters which continue to flower… September 2014

The summer months bring a pretty, yellow, daisy-like plant into flower on waste ground, road sides, railway embankments and other uncultivated land. This is Ragwort which, unfortunately, can be a problem when it grows on… August 2014

If you were a July baby you have a choice of two for your birth flower. One is the Larkspur, a spiky blue flower which used to be found in the corn fields of East… July 2014

June is a wonderful month for wild flowers; we see them in fields and meadows, along roadsides, railway embankments and any piece of uncultivated land. Of course, when they grow on cultivated land, in our… June 2014

Mayflies are so called because this is the month when they take to the air to find a mate. There are over 2,000 species and they are found everywhere in the world except the Antarctic,… May 2014

Unlike last year, when the cold, damp spring caused everything to happen later than usual, this year things are very much advanced. Some hay-fever sufferers may be having early symptoms, as trees such as Alder… April 2014