Author Ronnie Reed ‘Where the bee sucks, there suck I, In a cowslip’s bell I lie, There I couch when owls do cry, On the bat’s back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily, shall I live now Under … Continue reading
Author Jess Price Last month I blogged about wild daffodils, and whilst I did see some in flower in March, it seems that the cold weather did delay things somewhat. However once we hit April the daffodils really got going. … Continue reading
Author Jess Price I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in … Continue reading
Author Michael Blencowe We’ve had a bit of spring sunshine and Sussex is beginning to bloom but there’s been one plant that’s been in flower since the start of February. You’ll all know male hazel flowers. They’re the catkins; those … Continue reading
Author Graeme Lyons On the 9th January I met up with Sharon Pilkington and Tom Ottley to look at some of the rare bryophytes growing on the sandrocks at Eridge Rocks. It was an interesting day, I managed to see … Continue reading
Author Tony Whitbread The situation with ash dieback has moved very fast over the last few days. It now looks like we have moved well beyond a time when simply eradicating the disease was a realistic possibility. The disease is … Continue reading
Author Tony Whitbread Late in the day – probably too late in the day – we have woken up to ash dieback (Chalara fraxinea). Indeed, at last government seems to be taking tree diseases in general more seriously. However, if … Continue reading
Author Petra Billings ‘Oak Trees in Decline’. ‘Ash Trees Suffering Dieback’. ‘Woodland at Risk from Asian Longhorn Beetle’. These are some of the recent headlines. Sussex is one of the most wooded counties in the UK. We love our trees … Continue reading
Author Ronnie Reed Conkers! Gift wrapped in mottled green cases that harden and turn brown with age; everyone loves them; small children and very big children. Who can resist bending down, rooting through a bed of damp leaves, carefully picking … Continue reading
Author Kevin Lerwill Amidst all the doom and gloom surrounding the global economic situation, it is interesting to notice how cutbacks to local authority spending in this country are having some unexpected benefits for our wildlife. Earlier this Spring, councils … Continue reading
