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A look at the flowers and insects of the Daventry area
Thursday, 6 June 2019
A fine, fat bumblebee - not
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Byfield Pocket Park yesterday threw up a few surprises, most of which are of no interest except to nerdy dipterists and their ilk. One insec...
Monday, 3 June 2019
Picture-winged Flies and other insects
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A fine but blustery day found me in Byfield, where time allowed me a visit to the local pocket park. Situated on land once occupied by Byfi...
Thursday, 30 May 2019
Minefulness
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We are more or less at the end of May. Insects have now been galling plants and creating leaf mines to the point where they are more obvious...
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
A Pocket Park Potpourri
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I was in Byfield today and, with time to spare, had one of my irregular mooches around the pocket park. For late May the weather was disappo...
Friday, 24 May 2019
Allotmenty things
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Our allotment plot received a visit today: I put in a short row of a dozen spuds. Things seem to be progressing nicely but there is plenty t...
Diversity
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At Foxhill Farm Matt Moser is employing a variety of techniques to increase the diversity of wildlife on his land. The changes won't com...
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Kentle Wood: doing nicely
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I visited Kentle Wood earlier today and came away feeling just a little more optimistic about the future. It isn't perfect but since it...
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