I like watching wildife and writing – so here are short pieces of varied outings over 50 years.
Under the blackthorn scrub along a local bridleway are the white-purple flowers of sweet violet Viola odorata. Unlike the lesser celandine also found flowering in early Spring, the violet flowers have an irregular or zygomorphic Read more…
The cheerful yellow flowers and fleshy bright green heart shaped leaves of the perennial lesser celandine lifts the spirit in the herbaceous borders and small woodland. They form an attractive early Spring palette with the Read more…
You wouldn’t think puddles would offer much interest. But, there is a lot going on. As well as a mesh of vehicle tracks, there is an old car seat and wooden board, mountain bike tyre Read more…