Tales of the Railway Bank, July 11 – Bees and Moths
by Dusty ~ July 29th, 2011The railway bank at Greenwich station has thrown up a few surprises in the last few weeks.
Butterfly Day – Essex and Greenwich
by Dusty ~ July 25th, 2011Last July the Burnett moths were the stars of my Butterfly Day at John Little’s garden in Essex.
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Darters and Damselflies – Little’s Garden Essex
by Dusty ~ July 25th, 2011The darters and damselflies were hawking over the wildflower meadows of John Little’s Garden in Essex. It was the morning after our annual green roof training event at John’s. I stroll through the meadows disturbed numerous butterfly and moth species as well.
Insignificant bridge with a significant tale to tell – Andau
by Dusty ~ July 20th, 2011‘If you cross the bridge you are in Hungary’ was all the book had said. There was no reference to the memorial or that for many in 1956 it was a bridge to freedom. The book in question was no travel guide of the normal kind but ‘Where to watch birds: World Cities’.
Tales of the butterfly bank – Big Butterfly Count
by Dusty ~ July 17th, 2011I have started my big butterfly count. On Thursday I walked across Hyde Vale, something I do on a daily basis, and did my first count. Likewise on Friday. The two walks today and yesterday yielded not one butterfly, but then the inclement weather was not conducive for fluttering.
Orchids, Open Golf and Memories of Nature wardening
by Dusty ~ July 17th, 2011Hopefully the Orchids on the Royal St. George’s at Sandwich have now cast their seed and are safe from the wood, the iron and the putter. And the feet of the spectators at the British Open Golf this weekend. For Sandwich Bay is a wildflower paradise.
