Nature Notes - in Local Life St Albans

An Orchid Summer

Highlights of a locked down year

A feast for all seasons

Local nature correspondent Rupert Evershed encourages those of us with an outside space to feed the birds - not just in winter months but all year round.

Feed the birds

Nature correspondent Rupert Evershed records sighting of his 100th bird in this area - the yellow browed warbler.

100 birds and counting….

Nature correspondent Rupert Evershed encourages us to be patient and let nature take its course.

Patience brings its own reward

As we headed from 'free-to-roam' summer 2020 into the second lockdown, nature correspondent Rupert Evershed asked when autumn really begins.

When does autumn begin?

With more people taking country walks during the pandemic, a nationwide survey shows, not surprisingly, that interest in wildlife has increased significantly.

Covid and the way we look at nature

Nature correspondent Rupert Evershed describes the wide variety of creatures, sounds and images that nature offers us in the summer months.

In nature, variety really is the spice of life

A look back to the summer months when the Swift, master of the skies and unrivalled in its dexterity but with a song that sounds like a scream, drew the attention of nature correspondent Rupert Evershed.

Master of the skies

Rupert Evershed discovers new visitors as migrating common scoters pass over his garden - and this is just one of many species that travel by night.

Secret migration

Nature correspondent Rupert Evershed thinks aloud about the important role of nature, especially in our mental health.

Nature – the great healer?

Nature correspondent Rupert Evershed encourages us to check out the ducks, especially when the weather is grey...

The glory of ducks

Nature correspondent Rupert Evershed reminds us that scary wildlife is not just limited to Halloween.

Of spiders, monsters and leeches

Nature correspondent Rupert Evershed is on the lookout for these 'Little Brown Jobs' that make up much of Britain's bird population.

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Nature Notes - in Local Life St Albans

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