“They’ve been coming here for hundreds of years!” were amongst the first words said to me in my new home in Ufford in 2002. I’d moved into a new house ...

Through the long past weeks of lockdown one big positive has been the opportunity to spend more time out in the garden and enjoy the wildlife all around us. Many ...

The Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) is a beautiful purple flowering plant that is from the buttercup family. It would have been widespread in England until changes to farming techniques in ...

If you grow Valerian or Buddleia you will almost certainly have had the pleasure of seeing a beautiful little moth in your garden, which, with its long proboscis, its hovering ...

St. Mary’s churchyard in the Spring, Full of flowers and birds that sing. Gladdens hearts and brings out smiles, Visitors come from miles and miles, A colourful carpet to behold, ...

Close to the village of Ufford is a National Nature Reserve called Castor Hanglands. (Photo: Southern entrance to Castor Hanglands NNR, (Terry McKenna) / CC BY-SA 2.0) Castor Hanglands covers ...

Barnack Hills and Holes National Nature Reserve is recognised today as one of the most important places in Europe for its wild flowers. The hummocky grassland of this abandoned limestone ...

– an update on the 2011 projects “Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower” Hans Christian Anderson The Schools` Butterfly ...

– an update on the 2011 projects “Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower” Hans Christian Anderson The Schools` Butterfly ...

Anyone can enjoy butterflies and record them.  You do not have to be an expert. Our overall aim is to continue to create wildlife corridors within and between our villages.   ...