Category: news

• Keeping up to date with nature’s news

  Hello, Firstly I want to advertise shamelessly, two amazing information sources of British Wildlife news. H a b i t a t – Daily wildlife and environment news from the British Isles. And *British Wildlife Publishing *Should you decide to subscribe, please inform the recipients of my situation, as there is currently an offer in […]

  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

• Early Birds

  As per recent years, some of our bird species are well into their nesting routines even before the spring equinox. The link shown below illustrates this situation well. The information source is from the British Trust for Ornithology and comes courtesy of Birdguides. Early Birds   Best Wishes Tony Powell

  Tony

  March 15, 2012

  birding, new research, news, phenology, Scientific

  Birdguides, Birding, birds, Breeding Birds, British Trust for Ornithology, nature, Nesting Birds, Ornithology, phenology, seasons, spring

• Spring budburst

  I thought this was worth a reblog and would be of interest. http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/research-technologies/2012/120302-pr-model-how-buds-grow-into-leaves.aspx. Regards Tony Powell

  Tony

  March 7, 2012

  news, phenology, Scientific

  budburst, budding, leafing, phenology, research, science, seasons, shrubs, spring, trees

• “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

• Intriguing news from Defra.

  As fellow Natural History enthusiasts, what do you make of this latest headline from Defra? Nature Improvement Areas On the one hand, this government appears to want to press ahead with concreting over our precious countryside. On the other hand, there is still hope for this country to remain a green and pleasant land. This leaves […]

  Tony

  February 27, 2012

  Environmental, news

  Caroline Spelman, climate change, Defra, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, environment, Government, Headlines, nature, Nature Improvement Areas, Nature Reserves, Parliament, Politics, Right to vote, united kingdom