A blog and photo journal about the natural history of north-west England and beyond
Wow, late February and storm Emma collides with the Beast from the East. As most of the country ground to a halt a few isolated flakes gently fluttered down on south Manchester. Ignoring the red weather warning and the closure of the local primary school we Read More …
A few highlights from a recent visit to Fletcher Moss Gardens and Stenner Wood. Plenty of fungi growing on the piles of dead wood left around the wood following the felling of last year’s storm damaged trees. The route through the woodland was slightly precarious. Read More …
After weeks of rain the clouds parted to allow a few hours of sunshine so we headed off to the local park to check up on the Ring necked Parakeets. Currently there’s thought to be up to 30 Parakeets slowly colonising south Manchester. Whilst they’re Read More …
Few Flowered Leek Despite looking like the picture of innocence this member of the onion family is the latest invasive species to arrive within the Stenner Wood site of biological interest. Further north its proved capable of spreading extremely quickly and outcompeting our Read More …
Well I suppose at this time of year we ought to be grateful so thank God it’s not been cold because if it was we could be under 8ft of snow. It’s rained every day now for the past 3 weeks whilst the binoculars are Read More …