White Dead-nettle: A Feast for Bumblebees in Early Spring
White Dead-nettle is a perennial plant of the Mint Family that grows well on the sunlit edges of paths, in or close to woodland. It is...
2021 Counting Bumblebees
Some of you saw me over the spring and summer walking along the Coastal Path and recording counts of each of the bumblebees seen and...
Late Flowers and pollinators
There are few flowers remaining from the splendid show we had over the summer and competition for the flowers can be fierce as shown by...
Young Trees and New Volunteers
Rather wet yesterday in Bathing House Wood, but with 7 of us we were able to complete the positioning of the mulch mats around the young...
Crow Wood Bank Wildflowers Year by Year
Each year Crow Wood Bank wildflowers have become ever more varied and colourful as this summer photo shows, and as autumn advances it is...
Recovering wildflower diversity
This is the 7th summer when we have been able to enjoy a display of native wildflowers in the areas that we manage. Apart from the...
Rain and Wildflowers
We may not enjoy it, but rain is normally an important and regular feature of our weather here in Dalgety Bay. So, when during April and...
Flowers at the Heritage Viewpoint - Spring versus Autumn seed sowing and Spring Drought
I am sure many of you who remember the wonderful wildflower display we had at this time last year at the Heritage Viewpoint may be...
Black Flies, Bird Food and Lawns
This has been a year when there have been a lot of slow flying jet-black flies around, no doubt producing the “ugh” reaction from most...
Some other small birds of woodlands and gardens
None of the birds in this note benefit from garden bird feeders, these are birds for whom gardens are just an extension of the woodland...
