Stephanie Mocroft December signals the close of the year and I have spent some time looking back over 2019. It began with my sixtieth birthday and has been dotted with visits to gardens and wildlife habitats in places as diverse as Dartmoor, … Read more
This month my topics are habitat loss and biodiversity. They go hand in hand because of the adaptation plants and animals have had to make to live in different habitats. It is worth remembering that many of the special habitats, … Read more
Last month I wrote about climate change and this month I thought I would follow with the theme of species extinction. The interplay between global warming, habitat loss and species extinction is still imperfectly understood but has certainly been brought … Read more
At Easter the potential risks of global warming were brought into sharp focus when climate change protesters took to the streets to raise their concerns. They called for less carbon dioxide to be emitted into the earth’s atmosphere and for … Read more
Back in February I enjoyed a circular walk up and around the Brown Clee hill. At 540 metres above sea-level, this is the highest point in the whole of the Midlands.It was a gloriously sunny day, and approaching from Abdon … Read more
The Woodland Trust is a national charity dedicated to conserving existing trees and planting new woods. The Trust encourages everyone to get out and about communing with nature and has released a list of ten lesser-known woodland inhabitants for people … Read more
It seems incongruous for someone who lives in the lee of the weather-forecasting Clee Hills to be counted in Worcestershire’s administrative district of Malvern Hills. It is true that I do not need to go far to see The Malvern’s … Read more
Worms! What are they for? When were they in the news? Why am I writing about them? Well, back in February, just as I was helping with a local farmland bird survey, another farmland wildlife survey hit the news. My … Read more
Spring is here and I am really looking forward to spending more time in my garden. One of the aims of all wildlife-lovers is to encourage wild creatures to come closer so that we can enjoy watching them nearer to … Read more
March’s subject is ivy. “Ha”, you’re thinking, “she’s lost the plot, ivy is a Christmas subject”. Well in a way it is, because it was a chance comment overheard at Christmas that set me thinking that I might make ivy … Read more