Melinda Appleby | News & Journal

28 Dec Thoughts from the Frost

Posted at 21:09h in Journal by Melinda Appleby

This morning the fields were gripped by a hard frost as we walked out at 7.30 hoping for a sunrise.

22 Dec After the Solstice, the Sundog

Posted at 16:53h in Journal by Melinda Appleby

The first day of the solar year has brought a chance to see the phenomenon known as a sundog.

25 Nov Sensing Nature – Following Bats

Posted at 14:42h in Journal by Melinda Appleby

Bats and Bat People At the beginning of November, I chaired the second of two days of presentations for Waveney & Blyth Arts' new project: Sensing Nature.

05 Nov Happy Birthday Peter Clarke

Posted at 21:45h in Journal by Melinda Appleby

Peter Clarke’s 90^th This week Peter Clarke celebrated his 90th birthday. That news, shared on his daughter Penny’s blog, brought back so many memories of my childhood on the Norfolk coast.

26 Oct Tree Sparrows

Posted at 10:22h in Journal by Melinda Appleby

October is a time of anticipation – watching and listening for autumn migrants. But nothing prepared us for the arrival of two Tree Sparrows.

22 Aug Seeking Deakin

Posted at 19:41h in Journal by Melinda Appleby

A lane hung with trees, a fallen oak sheltering a wasps’ nest, a walnut tree hiding in the hedge, hornets clinging to oak bark in the wood, this is an unremarkable landscape.