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31. Rural Reading: Hosehill Lake’s a place of otter joy
Get Bracknell, Friday 29 April 2011It's very rare for a place to be really good to visit if it is not well managed. Someone has to make sure it’s attractive to wildlife as well as to people.
32. Rural Reading: Orchid secret’s safe
Get Bracknell, Friday 06 May 2011The weather lately has been glorious: Wall to wall sunshine and only the merest hint of rain.
33. Rural Reading: Still perilously dry
Get Bracknell, Monday 16 May 2011It is perilously dry out there, as you will no doubt have seen from the news of Swinley Forest burning.
34. Rural Reading: Dreaming of turtle doves
Get Bracknell, Friday 03 June 2011Once a year I do a bird-watching race that involves me chasing around Berkshire on a bike, looking for birds.
35. Rural Reading: too much mowing damages meadows
Get Bracknell, Friday 17 June 2011The dry weather might have come to a dramatic end with what feel like April showers. I got caught out several times last week in rain and sleet, which rather enlivened a few walks.
36. Rural Reading: Perfect conditions for wild orchids
Get Bracknell, Friday 24 June 2011The weather might have been perfect for wildflowers this year.
37. Rural Reading: Special place lost for ever
Get Bracknell, Friday 01 July 2011At the end of my road there’s a track, and this is where my countryside starts.
38. Rural Reading: Ruper has opened my eyes
Get Bracknell, Friday 08 July 2011Whenever I go out these days I take my binoculars.
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: 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.
