Nigel Rowley is a founder member of the Save Mortimer Forest campaign which was started earlier this year when the public became aware of proposals by the Forestry Commission and Forest Holidays to build a large holiday complex in Mortimer Forest. Twitter: @MortimerForest Mortimer Forest, near Ludlow, on the border of Herefordshire and Shropshire, a…
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Paul Leyland – Dandelions and hoverflies
Paul writes: Recently Mark wrote about the beauty of dandelions and I fully agree with him. As well as brightening up the dullest grass verge or lawn they are great for attracting insects. They are an ideal nectar source for lots of the early hoverflies that are beginning to appear. I found half a dozen…
Wild food (32) – Golden Saxifrage by Ian Carter
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There are two similar species of Golden Saxifrage known as ‘opposite-leaved’ and ‘alternate-leaved’, the names helpfully highlighting their main distinguishing feature. This one is opposite-leaved and it is very common locally, forming a low, dense carpet in patches of woodland with heavy, waterlogged soils. It acts as a handy warning that you risk a…
Sunday book review – The Wonderful Mr Willughby by Tim Birkhead
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Reviewed by Ian Carter This is a book I probably wouldn’t have read had I not been asked to review it. The name Willughby was not a familiar one – other than a vague notion that he, and his close associate John Ray, had something to do with birds a very long time ago….
Tim Melling – Red Panda (2)
Tim writes: Photographs of Red Pandas in the wild are so rare I have decided to post a second photograph. This one was high in a Berry tree, realising it was a little exposed as they normally feed on bamboo, so spend their time deep in bamboo thickets. They venture out in the autumn,…