Wild Roseland – December 2018
Has anyone heard birds singing before dawn and wondered what they were, as in December most birds are not singing? Well, it is probably the robin (Erithacus rubecula), one of the few...
Category: Wild Roseland 2018
Wild Roseland – November 2018
Autumn is well and truly here. Deciduous trees are almost bare, revealing nests and homes of those creatures which had been skilfully hidden during the breeding season. Can you see signs of...
Wild Roseland – October 2018
There are signs of autumn all around as leaves turn, daylight shortens, temperatures drop and wild creatures seek to fatten up ready to hibernate, migrate or mark out territory for mates. Already...
Wild Roseland – September 2018
The Big Seaweed Search – a Wild Roseland / National Trust partnership event – took place earlier this summer. Chris Townsend reports on the findings. Our small group of marine conservationists enjoyed...
Wild Roseland – August 2018
When Patrick said to me that he had seen a black adder on the Roseland I found it hard to believe, as the only black adder reference I knew of was from...
Wild Roseland – July 2018
In 2001 we started work to bring our cottage into the 21st century. Little did we know that “guests” would move in before we’d finished! Our slow DIY build resulted in soffits...
Wild Roseland – June 2018
On a recent, very early morning in May, a group of Wild Roselanders gathered above Messack to experience and record the Dawn Chorus. David Hall describes the encounter. 5.00 am with early...
Wild Roseland – May 2018
Aliens are in our midst and we do not even know it, for they are “phasmids,” rarely seen, like phantoms or ghosts. Their biggest concentration in the UK is in Cornwall, with...
Wild Roseland – April 2018
We all love Easter Eggs; and children love Easter Egg hunts for hidden chocolate eggs. But humans aren’t the only ones hiding eggs. There are parallels in the world of Nature. Birds...
Wild Roseland – March 2018
Freezing cold weather at the end of February may not make humans feel like the breeding season is on the doorstep, but for some animals it already is. Corvid species are already...