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Nature Notes - July - August 2018

The honey-buzzard is a migratory bird which is very similar in appearance to the common buzzard (which are numerous in the parish). Being...

Nature Notes - April-May 2018

A rare vagrant turned up in gardens along Woodhouse Lane out along the Bellaport Road at the end of April. Ken and Trish, at Mere Farm,...

Nature Notes - March-April 2018

By the middle of April the better weather finally arrived and with it lots of wildlife activity in and around the village. Spring...

Nature Notes - Nov-Dec 2017

The meteorological conditions, of what became a long weekend for many, have not been seen for perhaps seven years. The thick snow, very...

Nature Notes - Oct-Nov 2017

Fieldfare and redwing are now to be seen all around the village. Flocks of these winter visitors from northern Europe have migrated to...

Nature Notes - Aug-Sept 2017

20 August to 19 September 2017 Autumn seems to have started a little earlier this year. September can often produce very summery, warm...

Nature Notes - Jun-Jul 2017

20 June to 19 July 2017 It is certainly proving to be a relatively warm, dry summer so may be the oak/ash rhyme will prove to be accurate...

Nature Notes - Jun 2017

20 May to 19 June 2017 Despite a surprisingly windy spell in early June, the weather has mostly been quite pleasant and has been...

Nature Notes - Apr-May 2017

Norton Nature Notes 20 April to 19 May 2017 Spring has now well and truly sprung and everything around us in the gardens and in the...

Nature Notes - Feb-Mar 2017

20 February to 19 March 2017 Spring is well and truly underway and although we continue to have inclement weather (more to come too,...

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