Posted in Nature, Trees, Uncategorized, tagged Nature, Spring, Trees on March 6, 2014 | 15 Comments »
The tree I intend to follow – which I think is a beech…
There you go, I’ve revealed what species I think it is – the tree I intend to follow. I believe it to be a European beech, Latin name Fagus sylvaticus (meaning “beech of the forest”). Although of course I could be wrong!
I told how I found this tree in Llandaff Fields, Cardiff, in my last blog post, “First find your tree“.
So here I will mainly just show you photographs (lots) of (more…)
Posted in Nature, Trees, Uncategorized, tagged Nature, Spring, Trees on March 1, 2014 | 18 Comments »
Which tree to choose?
Nature has a spring in its step this week – and so do I, thanks to Lucy Corrander over at Loose and Leafy, who is coordinating a “tree following” project over the next year. Last time I looked, she already had more than 50 people joining in – and I have decided to sign up, too.
This isn’t my first OFFICIAL post for that project, this is about how I located THE tree I have decided to follow…
My first thought (more…)
Posted in Birds, Gardening, Nature, Uncategorized, tagged birds, Gardening, Nature, Spring, weather on February 22, 2014 | 20 Comments »
Cherry blossom sprouting on a roadside tree
After months of rain and gales, with floods and falling trees, this week has been comparatively calm in Wales. Winter probably hasn’t finished with us yet, but at last there have been real signs of spring.
I noticed catkins and cherry blossom on roadside trees as I was walking home in the dusk the other night, so took my camera with me next morning. They must have (more…)
Posted in Birds, Gardening, Nature, Uncategorized, tagged birds, Gardening, Nature, Spring, weather on January 26, 2014 | 14 Comments »
Dark pink hybrid hellebore in the garden in January
We have had a LOT of rain here in Wales, but at least so far this winter has been mild. You may recall that December still felt like late autumn.
As we near the end of January, there are signs of spring. The hellebores have (more…)
Posted in Nature, Uncategorized, Wales, tagged fungi, lichen, Nature, wildfowl, winter on January 19, 2014 | 10 Comments »
The start of the Millennium Wetlands at WWT Llanelli…
I did say I would share some more pictures from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Llanelli, a couple of weeks ago when I showed you the birds themselves.
These images are from the wild area of the estuary, beyond the grounds where (more…)
Posted in Birds, Nature, Uncategorized, Wales, tagged birds, Nature, Wales, wildfowl on January 6, 2014 | 11 Comments »
Coscoroba swan (Coscoroba coscoroba) from South America
It seems a long time ago now, but on Boxing Day we visited the WWT Wetlands Centre in Llanelli, where we are members. The weather was glorious and (more…)
Posted in Nature, Uncategorized, Wales, tagged Wales, winter on December 30, 2013 | 2 Comments »
The Jurassic cliffs of the Glamorgan coast, seen from Southerndown
It has been a stormy couple of weeks in the UK, but there have been beautifully fine days in between. Christmas Day was one of them, so we went for a walk at Southerndown on Glamorgan’s Jurassic Coast. This area is officially called Dunraven Bay and it (more…)
Posted in Gardening, Nature, Uncategorized, tagged autumn, Gardening, Nature, Trees, winter on December 13, 2013 | 4 Comments »
Liquidambar leaves on the frosty lawn…
It has been a long, slow autumn. Usually it is sharp and sweet between September and November, but this year some autumn colour has remained long into December. I guess it’s because we haven’t had enough hard frost yet.
Eventually the last ash leaf (more…)
Posted in Birds, Gardening, Nature, Uncategorized, tagged autumn, birds, Gardening, Nature on November 15, 2013 | 10 Comments »
Grey wagtail on the roof, November 14, 2013…
There is definitely something in the air. Although so many trees are still green, the weather has suddenly become colder and drier. I knew something had changed when (more…)
Posted in Birds, Nature, Uncategorized, tagged birds, dorset on August 16, 2013 | 14 Comments »
Feral pigeon (Columba livia) on the shore in Poole – with wing colour not too different from the original wild rock dove type…
I have just come back from a few days in Dorset (mostly Poole) and will no doubt share my snapshots with you over the next few weeks – or months!
But as a bit of a bridge between the last post about feral pigeons and my holiday excursions, here are some (more…)
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