From the start of the year, we see them raise their heads on verges and in parks: the flowers of the daffodil. The narrow leaves pushing through the grass in a bundle of grey-green fingers, and some weeks later, buds fattening and finally opening those yellow...
Geiriau Gwyllt – Wild Words
Corryn rafft y ffen – fen raft spider
To celebrate International Wetlands Day this month, we had a chance to highlight some very rare wildlife… the fen raft spider! Did you know that the Tennant Canal in Pant-y-Sais, Jersey Marine, is the Welsh home of the fen raft spider? A special unique spider that can...
Rhaglen Mawrth Gwreiddiau Gwyllt
We are looking forward to a varied programme of nature activities over the coming year, and here you can see what is happening this March!
Aderyn y to (‘roof bird’) – House sparrow
Big Garden Birdwatch weekend has just been, and many of you will have spent your hour counting how many birds, and of which species, came to visit your gardens. I too had refilled the feeders with seeds a few days before and was sitting in my living room hide with...
Berries
Are there more haws on the hawthorn this year than in previous years? Or are they any redder? Every year, there is something that seems to stand out: more apples on the trees, sycamores opening their leaves earlier, fields white all over with lady’s smock. This year,...