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21. Rural Reading - farewell Jez, my loyal companion
Get Bracknell, Friday 16 January 2009My trips into the countryside are either on foot or by bike. If on foot I have with me my dogs, a motley pack rescued from The Dogs Trust.
22. Rural Reading - Bird Bonanza
Get Bracknell, Friday 23 January 2009My walks are not the same without my dog Jez who, as I wrote last week, recently passed away and I am really grateful for all the kind support I have had since.
23. Rural Reading: New super tidy mentality bad for birds
Get Bracknell, Friday 30 January 2009Soon the great spring migration will begin, and birds will be heading north to spend the summer here. The epic journeys of birds, which may actually have begun already, are one of the great features of the life on our planet.
24. It’s all white to follow trail of Brock badger
Get Bracknell, Friday 06 February 2009Despite the difficulty and chaos brought about by the snow and ice, I am in my element. I simply love it.
25. Rural Reading – identify birds by their songs
Get Bracknell, Friday 13 February 2009I can't complain about the weather, I like it when it does interesting things. And it certainly has been interesting, if not challenging, over the last two weeks.
26. All things bright and bee-autiful!
Get Bracknell, Friday 20 February 2009At last flowers have put in an appearance. The first I noticed were some winter aconites on the edge of a woodland, a wildflower without equal, providing colour for us and nectar for any emerging insects.
27. Licence to trill – the humble hedge sparrow
Get Bracknell, Friday 06 March 2009As the days lengthen everything seems to stir. Plants burst through the soil, buds burst on twigs and colourful blooms can be found in most gardens.
28. Jackdaws are the chattering class of birds
Get Bracknell, Friday 27 February 2009It’s not something I do very often and I am going somewhere so far away I am not going to know a single bird plant or animal, but there will be loads of them.
29. Rural Reading: Winter Visitors
Get Bracknell, Monday 02 November 2009Now that summer is definitely over, the winter wildlife is here. Most of it is sitting bemused in this little heatwave wondering what on earth is going on.
30. Wildlife awakened as the sun rose
Get Bracknell, Saturday 07 November 2009It is amazing how two consecutive mornings can be so different.
