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31. Rural Reading: Are sparrows making a comeback?
Get Bracknell, Friday 30 September 2011I had to do some work in my front garden this week. I had to service my car, and I knew that if I put it off I would end up doing it on a cold wet day.
32. Rural Reading: Butterflies enjoy a late flutter
Get Bracknell, Friday 23 September 2011I wasn’t really thinking butterflies today – it was nice and sunny and I was looking for migrating birds.
33. Rural Reading: Nature reclaims landfill sites
Get Bracknell, Friday 16 September 2011Despite having spent many years wandering around the local countryside, there are always new places to see.
34. Rural Reading: Whitethroats leave and spiders return
Get Bracknell, Friday 09 September 2011Ever since they arrived back in April I have been watching the whitethroats busily raising young in the meadows at the end of my road.
35. Rural Reading: Wild things
Get Bracknell, Friday 26 August 2011As the season for wildflowers draws to a close, the fields and hedgerows are suddenly full of seedheads.
36. Rural Reading: Feed the birds
Get Bracknell, Friday 19 August 2011The summer seems to be over now, the leaves are already falling from some trees, and turning red on others.
37. Rural Reading: New route to historic brook
Get Bracknell, Friday 29 July 2011No longer do I walk along the path at the foot of the railway bank. The resurfacing with old tarmac chunks is unpleasant to look at, difficult to walk on and smells of tar.
38. Rural Reading: Fertilisers ruin the countryside
Get Bracknell, Friday 22 July 2011The Kennet Meadows are very local to me but sadly the wildflowers there are not something I would go out of my way to see.
39. Rural Reading: Join the Big Butterfly count
Get Bracknell, Friday 15 July 2011I may have mentioned the little nature reserve at Hosehill, near Theale, before.
40. Rural Reading: Ruper has opened my eyes
Get Bracknell, Friday 08 July 2011Whenever I go out these days I take my binoculars.
