Spring appears to be here at last with some significantly warmer weather in the second half of March.
Although Kestrels are one of our most common raptors, it is always a delight to see them hovering
We made a rare excursion into nearby Rutland in January, visiting Eyebrook Reservoir, staying overnight near Uppingham, and then spending the next day at Rutland Water.
Looking back over the last year, it has been a rather poor one for wildlife, dominated by weather that was too cold, too wet or too windy.
With the first hint of snow for the winter some of us will be relying on our garden birds for entertainment as much as they will be relying on us for food.
It is often a struggle to find something interesting at this time of year, but something unexpected usually turns up.
A trip to Cossington Meadows in the Soar valley to the north of Leicester brought a number of pleasant surprises recently
At last a few sunny days and a chance to sit out in the garden and see what turns up. I was treated the other day to the sharp clacking song of a Wren
Now should be the time of year when dragonflies and damselflies are getting really interesting, but like so many other invertebrates the recent weather has put a real dampener on their activities.
If you have a bee hotel in your garden, now is the time of year when it starts to become interesting. Any bees that have been resident over winter will now be fully grown
