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1. Rural Reading. Good Smews for twitchers
Get Bracknell, Friday 02 December 2011You can tell that winter is officially here as all the winter birds have arrived.
2. Rural Reading: Beauty and danger on meadows
Get Bracknell, Friday 09 December 2011The meadows in Coley and Southcote are rarely visited, except for the few paths that cross them. In between lie large areas of meadow that are quite difficult to explore.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Rural Reading: Perfect conditions for wild orchids
Get Bracknell, Friday 24 June 2011The weather might have been perfect for wildflowers this year.
6. 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.
7. Rural Reading: Ruper has opened my eyes
Get Bracknell, Friday 08 July 2011Whenever I go out these days I take my binoculars.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
