Nature Notes – August 2016 – Sarah E Vandome
It’s that time of the year when many of the wildflowers have started to run to seed, and the hedgerows have lost a little of the glorious lush colours of spring. But...
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Nature Notes – July 2016 – Sarah E Vandome
One of the joys of getting up really early to go out on RSPB surveying work is that no other humans are about, and the air is filled with the sounds of...
Nature Notes – June 2016 – Sarah E Vandome
Though visitors and locals alike may rue the rain that falls on a bank holiday, Nature celebrates its arrival and thrives. You can see the change in a matter of hours, when...
Nature Notes – May 2016 – Sarah E Vandome
The next time you take a walk along the strandline of one of our many beautiful beaches, take a little time to notice what has been washed up by the sea. While...
Nature Notes – April 2016 – Sarah E Vandome
The great cycle of life, from conception to death and decay, is nowhere more stark than in a graveyard. Yet an inspiring garden exists in a Roseland churchyard, that reminds us we...
Nature Notes – March 2016 – Sarah E Vandome
Next time you’re out walking, with (or preferably without) a dog, take some time to study the tracks and signs of some our larger mammals. If you’re lucky, you might even see...
Nature Notes – February 2016 – Sarah E Vandome
After the wettest and mildest December since 1934, a slightly drier January has followed with no further threat of a real winter, despite the fears expressed for a cold snap. The effect...
Nature Notes – December 2015 – Sarah E Vandome
The Roseland has many secret places hidden away from the regular tourist trails, visited by only those who live near by or have reason to go there. The lack of human disturbance...
Nature Notes – November 2015 – Sarah E Vandome
The harvest is in, the clocks turned back an hour and humans keep warm by staying indoors. Outside however, many organisms are preparing to survive the cold season head on, by conserving...
Nature Notes – October 2015 – Sarah E Vandome
Sea shells: these abundant jewels of the sea lie scattered amongst the sand and rock of our secluded Roseland coves; they are fascinating, beautiful, endlessly collectable. They were once the exoskeletons of...