Nature Notes December 2024
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.
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
Sometimes something really interesting appears from the most unpromising material. Last month I picked up an old, dead Oak leaf whilst I was out walking in Normanton Woods.
It’s been a long while since I had a new species on my garden feeders, but in the middle of March a Lesser Redpoll turned up.
What a month with pouring rain, gale-force winds and even a few frosty days. Unsurprisingly, the wildlife is remaining largely undercover although there is always something to see out there.