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Name 40 local birds – answers at the end!

The Swift (Apus Apus) Yesterday the swifts appeared overhead to celebrate St George’s day.  It’s only the second time in eighteen years that I have seen them over our garden on Ladies Mile and it’s an intoxicating sight.  They really should be whooping with joy as they wheel and dive at impossible angles, genuinely surfingContinue reading “Swifts over Ladies Mile”

Motts Mill woods are full of these delicate little flowers at the moment.  They are wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) otherwise known as the wind flower as it was believed that the Greek Wind God Anemos sent them in early Spring to herald his arrival. This is a member of the buttercup family and a realContinue reading “Wood Anemones- Herald of Spring”

Groombridge is about to burst into flower – wood anemones are shining in the forests, celandines are sunning themselves on every verge, and the bluebells are about to open. Do you want to know more about the wildflowers around us? Here’s a great way to learn. The lovely people at Plantlife have just launched theirContinue reading “Great British Flower Hunt”

This female orange-tip butterfly was spotted in Groombridge this week – isn’t she gorgeous? Only the males have orange tips and they’re out and about too. See the full observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72901311 The wonderful people at Sussex Wildlife Trust are offering a free online course on identifying butterflies – what a great way to learnContinue reading “Free course – learn your Sussex butterflies!”

It’s the first week in April, and we’ve already seen the first swallows here in Groombridge, East Sussex. Head over to our iNaturalist project page to see the full observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/wild-groombridge