Spring is here – slowly and surely the first buds and shoots are appearing all around the village. We’ve seen celandines and primroses already, and the birds are getting ready to nest – just open your window at dawn and they’re singing out! We have so many beautiful wild flowers – here’s a simple spotterContinue reading “Spring flower spotter sheet”
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No Mow May
What can you hear outside as you read this? I’ve just stopped to listen. A blackbird’s singing, and a song thrush, a robin and a mass of tits. As I step out of the back door, bees and flies are buzzing everywhere. A hoverfly hangs in the air right in front of me, and aContinue reading “No Mow May”
Hello spring!
We’ve been hibernating but spring is here and the wildflowers around Groombridge are blooming. There are banks of yellow Primroses, verges gleaming gold with Lesser Celandine, the Wood Anemones are bursting out their white flowers – and we’ve seen Cuckoo Flowers, Gorse, Dandelions, Lungwort and lots more. Most spring flowers are yellow or white, andContinue reading “Hello spring!”
Wild Groombridge 