February 2012
This month our house has been overrun with models. At one point I counted seven of them crowded around the kitchen table. Si’s even been taking them to the pub. Worrying snippets...
January 2012
Some of you might already know that Simon and I have recently returned home to Portscatho after two years away sailing on our gaff cutter Planet to Greece and back. Since we’ve...
August 2012
It’s been a couple of months since the last article, owing partly to travel abroad. Many people are travelling to the Roseland for holidays, prompting a reminder that other species need to...
April 2012
March has hailed the true start of spring, with mixed, sometimes turbulent weather and fluctuating temperatures, while the end of the month has been almost balmy. There is new colour and form...
March 2012
Spring has definitely arrived at last. Despite the cold snap early in the month of February, which put a temporary stop to some of the territorial singing that had started among some...
February 2012
January, often associated with bitter cold weather and relative inactivity across much of the plant and animal kingdoms, was unusually mild, wet and occasionally very windy, resulting in complex and rapidly changing...
January 2012
December brings to a close a year of remarkable abundance, a product of ideal climatic conditions for many species, and food webs. There’s been rain and wind in the last month, with...