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small brown bird sitting on top of hedgerow

Dr Cath's Nature Notes - November 2023

This month I’m rambling along the hedgerows. The pastoral landscape of England is defined by hedges – something rarely seen in the rest of the world – and Shropshire is well-blessed with them.

Dr Cath's Nature Notes - October 2023

Birch trees are among the first to start showing their autumn colours – tinged with yellow even in September, and soon to be dropping a golden carpet of fallen leaves. I’m heading out in October…

A great spotted woodpecker pecking an ice covered mossy branch.

Hear the drummers in the woods

Wander through a woodland in late winter or early spring and you’re likely to hear bursts of rapid, resonant tapping echoing through the trees. This is the sound of a woodpecker on a mission. Each…

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