Noticing Nature Blog

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8th September 2025

Lots of 'Daddy longlegs' or Craneflies in the meadows around the Great Pedding stream this morning. This permanent pasture is ideal for...

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Sep 91 min read

7th September 2025

There's a plum tree overhanging the footpath along The Street and most of its fruits look like this! This is Brown Rot Fungus (Monilinia...

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Sep 81 min read

6th September 2025

A mass emergence of Ivy Bees this morning on the grassy banks approaching the church porch. Certainly more than last year which is good...

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Sep 61 min read

5th September 2025

These delicate and short-lived Inkcap fungi were out and about in the village this morning. These were in the churchyard and are probably...

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Sep 61 min read

4th September 2025

As you walk the footpath from Summerfield Farm towards Upper Rowling, the land drops before reaching the old green lane. Sometime in the...

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Sep 41 min read

3rd September 2025

Yew berries aren't true berries. The red, fleshy aril as the 'berry' is called is a modified cone. The aril encloses a single seed. All...

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Sep 31 min read

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