by Rob Rowe | May 18, 2020 | Guest Blogs
Buttercups, Martins and Yellow Rattle By Rob Rowe (May 2020) Swallows and House martins seem to have been scarcer than ever this year, so suddenly, for the first time, to be surrounded by them is a pure joy 30, 40, 50 of them swooping low above the grass and flinging...
by Rob Rowe | May 5, 2020 | Guest Blogs
Spring verges By Rob Rowe (May 2020) Some of the road verges around Bishops Castle have been looking great this spring. Travelling a couple of miles away on my bike I saw this group of Dusky cranesbill straddling the border near Sned. Not really a native of the UK it...
by Simon Cooter | Apr 22, 2020 | Guest Blogs
Notes from the Hill By Simon Cooter and the Natural England staff at Rigmoreoak (April 2020) Following current Covid-19 guidance, the rights of way on the Stiperstones National Nature Reserve can be used by local people for exercise, but dogs must be kept on leads at...
by Rob Rowe | Apr 19, 2020 | Guest Blogs
Elm By Rob Rowe (April 2020) This time of year is Spring greens time and trees are among my favourite food particularly the young buds and leaves of beech and lime. However the very best to my taste buds is elm. The seeds not the leaves. Many people are really...
by Rob Rowe | Apr 14, 2020 | Guest Blogs
Alder Wood By Rob Rowe (April 2020) Somehow with each visit the wood expands. With each crossing and recrossing it divides into more and more parts. The sum of the parts larger than the whole. Synergistic magic. A fallen log becomes a fungal world. A dead standing...
by Rob Rowe | Apr 8, 2020 | Guest Blogs
7 fungi By Rob Rowe (April 2020) Many of these bracket fungi are tough perennials. They will survive for several years and grow a new ring each year. Others are still quite tough and leathery but only last for one season. Some fungi are very specific to which tree...
