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Wild Wonders – January 2024
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by Miki Marks January is not a popular month with many. Too long, too dark, too cold; cheerless after all the bright  celebrations in December. We have two ...

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Wild Wonders – March 2023
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By Miki Marks Ronald Blythe died in January this year – at the age of 100 just after a new book of his writings was compiled and published, under the ...

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Wild Wonders – October 2022
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by Miki Marks One of Nature’s life-and-death dramas played itself out in our conservatory the other day. First, there was a loud buzzing noise and on ...

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Wild Wonders – September 2022
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By Miki Marks Some talk of Alexander, and some of Hercules, of Hector and Lysander etc – these figures are not heroes to me. One of my heroes died in July ...

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Wild Wonders – August 2022
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Photo © Barnaby Bamford It seems obvious, doesn’t it, that all new developments should be built on brownfield sites to protect our diminishing green ...

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Wild Wonders – Rabbits – July 2022
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It is very pleasant to sit on a bench by the Centenary Gardens early in the morning and watch the rabbits. I find them appealing animals and despite the fact ...

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Wild Wonders – June 2022
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Photo © Holly Finn The photo of the pansy in the paving was sent to me by a friend – and she gave the picture the title ‘Persistence’. It is greatly ...

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Wild Wonders – May 2022
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What has happened to my sticklebacks? I have been looking in the brook at the end of my garden for a month now and no sign of them. I’ve lived here since 2007 ...

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Wild Wonders – April 2022
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Primula veris Primroses appear first– and then the closely related cowslip. Four English counties claim the cowslip as its flower: Essex, Northamptonshire, ...

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Wild Wonders – March 2022 – Dangerous Springs and Marvellous Nettles
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It might seem a cause for celebration that Spring is said to have come a month early this year. But this might not be necessarily a good thing for wildlife. A ...

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Wild Wonders – February 2022 – Miki Marks
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Lichen Photos by Andy Bamford Mysterious lichen, felled trees and rats; two success stories and a farewell to an old tree. The deciduous trees are still ...

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Wild Wonders – Birch, Bark and Books – Miki Marks
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A sunny January morning can be the best time of all for seeing trees. Once the leaves have fallen, the individual shape of each tree is visible – and the ...

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