January is here and many of you will be partaking in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch counting the different birds coming to your school grounds. For this month, we are setting you the challenge of counting your Winter Birds in your grounds. Whilst you're counting and identifying the different species, we want you to focus … Continue reading Schools Challenge – Winter Birds
The usual venture out to the coast to scout through gulls and ducks was on the cards for February, with the weather being as odd and unpredictable as usual, there was little else to do. Sammy and I arrived at Rhossili midday last week and after some lunch, we positioned ourselves on a bunker just … Continue reading Fungi February
January has been a less than exciting month for me personally, but there's plenty of wildlife activity going on that makes up for it all! Over the Winter period is a great time to get out and look for large numbers of ducks, geese and swans. Places like WWT Welney or WWT Martin Mere have … Continue reading Wildlife in January
This year, I've been working with SPC Wildlife to encourage and educate people on garden birds and how we can help aid them. I've been extremely grateful to receive some of their brilliant Wild Bird mixes and some straight mixes such as Peanuts and Suet pellets. SPC Wildlife sell their seed mixes in three sizes … Continue reading Review: SPC Wildlife Wild Bird Food Mixes
I've now finished most of the construction work for Garden Watch ready for the cameras to go up. I've finished building the last feeding station today, I'm extremely keen on recycling so the new station is made out of my old swing set, a recycling box and decorations from my mum's old table. This station … Continue reading Latest on Garden Watch
Dan Rouse 