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1. Rural Reading - Don’t weep for the pollarded willows
Get Bracknell, Friday 04 December 2009I get the feeling few people like to see pollarded willows.
2. Rural Reading: Magical moments amid dawn mists
Get Bracknell, Saturday 12 December 2009Now that we have had a bit of rain the low lying meadows in the Kennet Valley have been transformed. A walk there shortly after dawn was almost magical.
3. You’re never far away from a robin
Get Bracknell, Monday 21 December 2009Now that winter really is here we had all better start looking out for the birds.
4. Sloe progress to cheer up the mistle thrush
Get Bracknell, Friday 13 March 2009One of the things that grows happily in Reading and many places besides is blackthorn. It is a bit of a problem much of the time.
5. Lots of newts and blackbirds – but no frogs
Get Bracknell, Thursday 19 March 2009I have been waiting in vain, again. Every year I wait for frogs to come and spawn in my pond.
6. Trip to land of secretary bird and leopards
Get Bracknell, Friday 27 March 2009As I have mentioned I will be off on a trip to see wildlife possibly more spectacular than could be found anywhere in Reading, even on a good day.
7. Love is in the air thanks to flicking wings
Get Bracknell, Friday 03 April 2009I have returned from my trip to Ethiopia and I am seriously missing the place.
8. Verging on the best of meadows!
Get Bracknell, Friday 22 May 2009As spring turns into summer it is the meadows that rise from the soil with wave after wave of colour.
9. Churr-ific – call of young whitethroats
Get Bracknell, Friday 12 June 2009As a somewhat soggy summer is upon us the enthusiasm for walking has dimmed a bit.
10. Rural Reading - Time of plenty for insect lovers
Get Bracknell, Friday 05 June 2009All of a sudden the air is filled with insects, which is a mixed blessing. Last night in Prospect Park, as the sun set, huge stag beetles took to the air.
