Category: my calendar

• Keeping up to date with nature’s news

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  Tony

  March 18, 2012

  butterflies, Environmental, insects, my calendar, Nature’s Calendar, news, phenology, Scientific, Uncategorized

  Ash, Birding, birds, British Wildlife, budburst, buds, butterflies, butterfly, Citizen science, climate, climate change, environment, flowers, Grey Partridge, habitat, Insects, Long-tailed Tit, Nesting Birds, news, Northern Lapwing, Oak, phenology, plants, research, seasons, spring, trees, united kingdom, Wood Anemone, woodland, Woodland Snowdrop

• Full Moon Phenology

  The first Spring Full Moon (meteorologically speaking) has been and gone and our distant planet is on the wane once more. I have found it intriguing over the years how the moon phases, more especially the Full Moon, alter the flora and fauna around us. Maybe it is my overactive imagination but with the lengthening […]

  Tony

  March 10, 2012

  amphibians, birding, butterflies, frogs, insects, my calendar, phenology

  Astronomy, Birding, birds, birds of prey, butterflies, butterfly, climate, climate change, coltsfoot, elder, flowers, Full Moon, hawthorn, Moon, nature, phenology, plants, Rain, raptors, scrub, seasons, Siskin, Snow, Thunder, warmth, weather, wild daffodil

• “All eyes to the South” once the snow clears

  Today has been a mix of wet snowflakes and cold sleety rain. Temperatures, which had been falling earlier, are now on the rise, so I am somewhat glad to be indoors. Now that the official winter climate statistics are in, it is time to have a look back at how the season fared. This is achievable courtesy of this link – here. My figures tie in […]

  Tony

  March 4, 2012

  birding, Environmental, my calendar, news, weather

  Barn Swallow, Bird migration, climate, climate change, Ecosystems, England, environment, Equinox, Hoopoe, Ornithology, Osprey, Planning Regulations, Politics, Rain, Sand Martin, seasons, Snow, Stone-curlew, united kingdom, weather

• Late Winter or Spring? more evidence of climatic shifts besetting nature.

  Do you remember this? The effect this upcoming spell of weather will have on Phenology events will be most interesting. Some potentially record-breaking Temperatures could occur in the South of the United Kingdom. Given some sunshine, Bees, Butterflies and Blooms will be the most likely candidates, alongside the early migrant birds brought in by the […]

  Tony

  February 27, 2012

  birding, bugs, butterflies, insects, my calendar, Nature’s Calendar, phenology, weather

  Bees, birds, Blackbird, Bumblebee, butterflies, Citizen science, climate change, Observation, Observing, phenology, research, Robin, seasons, Small Tortoiseshell, spring, Winter, Woodlark

• Some late winter warmth?

  Click on the reblogged from Matt Hugo link above for the rest of the post. The effect this upcoming spell of weather will have on Phenology events will be most interesting. Some potentially record-breaking Temperatures could occur in the South of the United Kingdom. Given some sunshine, Bees, Butterflies and Blooms will be the most likely candidates, […]

  Tony

  February 20, 2012

  birding, bugs, butterflies, insects, my calendar, phenology, weather

  Bees, Birding, birds, Birds Butterflies and Blooms, butterflies, climate, climate change, Insects, Matt Hugo, migration, phenology, weather