Wildlife to benefit with a greener vision for HS2?

Wildlife to benefit with a greener vision for HS2?

If HS2 goes ahead what suggestions are there for wildlife?   “Whatever you measure it against -by Government legislation, guidance or rhetoric-the current proposals for HS2 fall very short when it comes to the environment. It is at odd with the ambitions for...

Great tit and Robin lay Easter eggs in my garden! video

Great tit and Robin make a nest each and lay eggs It’s Easter Sunday so I thought it appropriate to show a different kind of egg! Oak leaves collected in early spring to mulch my garden borders, moss raked from lawn and left in situ, wool from the countryside...
Dead queen Bombus pratorum  inside nest box with egg video

Dead queen Bombus pratorum inside nest box with egg video

Dead queen B. pratorum foundress inside nest box Such a lot of activity bumble and solitary bee wise in my garden recently which I documented, luckily!  I sited this particular nest box on 23rd March. On 27th March I saw a B. terrestris queen leave the nest box and...
Nurturing Nature spreading the ‘bee’ words in Norway!

Nurturing Nature spreading the ‘bee’ words in Norway!

Nurturing Nature spreading the word in Norway! Invited to come and help La Humla Suse with their work in public education for bumblebees, I was delighted to offer my assistance at a gardening exhibition in Norway for a weekend. Toril, Adrian, myself and Atle busy...