Tim Melling – Collared Crow

  Tim writes: the Collared Crow used to be common over large areas of lowland, rural China, just creeping into Vietnam.  But its numbers have tumbled over the past 15 years and is now only found commonly in a few areas in its former range.  Places that used to support hundreds of birds are now…

Flowers we can pick (1) – Dandelion

Plantlife says that, provided we don’t go over the top, we can pick some of our commonest and prettiest flowers. That’s quite brave of them!  I’ll cover one of the ‘Pickable 12’ each week at relevant times through the spring and summer. Let’s start with the Dandelion – and you can come pick them in…