Category Archives: Blog
Springing into Spring
Inspired by The Resurgence Trust’s latest Spring Equinox celebration on Zoom (21st March 2023), led by Georgie Gilmore, this week’s blog post looks at springing into the new season with an open heart and a sense of trying to find … Continue reading
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Tagged balance, blossom, equinox, friends, nature, northern wheatear, Speke Hall, Speke-Garston Coastal Reserve, spring, walking
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A Day in the (Urban Wild) Life
This week’s blog post is on urban wildlife; what the big city has to offer that could possibly compare to the natural world of our green and pleasant spaces.
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Tagged artwork, Baltic Triangle, kingfisher, Liverpool, Liverpool Marina, Mersey, nature, pavement plants, sunset, urban wildlife, walking
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Winter on the Allotment
A (rather large) snapshot of life on the allotment over winter.
Within Way and Hale Shore, 14th February 2023
The weather forecast had promised another beautiful sunny day, so I had made plans to re-visit Within Way and Hale Shore; however, the morning dawned cold, grey and misty – but I still went out, wondering if much would be … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, birds, grey partridge, Hale, Hale lighthouse, Hale shore, nature, walking, Within Way
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Royden Park and Thurstaston Hill, 13th February 2023
On a beautiful February morning, I headed over the water to the Wirral and Royden Park – which is more of a parkland and woodland than your standard urban park. There’s a walled garden and a miniature railway, and a … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, birds, nature, Royden Park, Thurstaston Hill, walking, Wirral
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A Poem Inspired by Celebrating Imbolc with the Resurgence Trust
Something a little different for this blog… I have always been a person who likes facts, and this is represented in my writing, but I do tend to the ‘flowery prose’ side of things as well, although I feel hesitant … Continue reading
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Tagged fire festival, Imbolc, meditation, nature, poem, poetry, Resurgence Trust, spring, St Brigid, writing
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An Early February Walk around Speke Hall and Speke-Garston Coastal Reserve
It is a beautiful early February morning of azure, cloud-free sky and a silvery frost on the ground, and after seeing a raven yesterday I have a desire to go and visit the pair that call Speke Hall their home, … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, birds, frost, Mersey, ravens, Speke Hall, Speke-Garston Coastal Reserve, spring, wild
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A Review of Recent Radio Programmes on the Right to Roam
BBC Radio 4 recently broadcast a number of programmes focusing on the ‘right to roam’ that people in England still don’t have – as we saw in January, with the court ruling in favour of the Dartmoor landowner who wanted … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Radio 4, folk songs, identity, Kinder Scout, landscape, nature, Right to Roam, trespass
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Parkgate High Tide Watch, 24th January 2023
On a beautiful late January morning, I headed to Parkgate on the Wirral for the high tide watch: the spring tide would be around the 10-metre mark at 1pm, although with the weather conditions (specifically, no wind) it would not … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, birds, Hen Harrier Action, lesser redpoll, nature, Parkgate
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Birding at Calderstones Park, 21-22 January 2023
It was a game of two halves, birding at Calderstones Park last weekend: the weather on the Saturday was awful – freezing cold, very dull – whilst on the Sunday it had improved, but the birds were out in force … Continue reading