16 May Churchyard BioBlitz

May - and the countryside is splashed green and white as spring moves into summer and the changing palette of flowers evolves.

15 Jul Bees on Lamb’s Ears

Bee Summer This has been a busy summer for the garden with new insect species challenging my identification skills.

13 Jul Grass Snake

We found the grass snake after they had cut the hay.

12 Apr Magical Moments

It was 1^st April and a late afternoon walk across the farm. The wheat was just pushing through, a green haze across fields. A yellowhammer called from a scrubby oak. Five hares ran along tram lines.

19 Feb Three Hares Running

February. Pink sun on silver frost. I see the hares. Out of the oilseed rape, across the ditch, onto the plough. Three hares running. It lifts the spirits this early morning race. Tugged by sap rising, March hares starting early, putting life into empty fields. Too...