Ramblings of a Naturalist

As an ecologist and biodiversity researcher and recorder, the author visits a wide range of rural and urban habitats mainly close to his home in Sedlescombe near Hastings, East Sussex, UK. The weblog covers the full spectrum of wildlife, from mammals to microbes. As well as details of encounters with England’s flora and fauna, information on where to see species of interest is often given.

Saturday, October 21, 2023

Mr Richardson

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Mr. Richardson was our part-time gardener when we lived at the Green Walk in Chingford, north London in the 1940s.  He used to come round a ...
Friday, October 13, 2023

A trip to Glen More, 1954

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  My first trip to Scotland was when I was sixteen.   At the end of the summer term I was asked not to return to Lancing College, my boardin...
Monday, April 17, 2023

The Ribes Ramblings

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For details of varieties I am growing see end of this post Ribes  is the scientific name for plants of the currant and gooseberry family.  E...
Monday, December 26, 2022

Back again

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I tottered round our dank and droopy garden this Boxing Day.  In the summer we grew, quite successfully all sorts of vegetables on old hay b...
Wednesday, May 04, 2022

May 2022

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1 May 2022.  I normally take a walk every day ranging through field, wood, lanes and footpaths within about half a kilometre of home (TQ7821...
Saturday, April 30, 2022

April 2022

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 April this year has been very dry (the forecasters say we have only had about one third of the expected amount) and some of the plants loca...
Wednesday, March 09, 2022

March 2022

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1 March 2022  It has been a generally rather cold and drab start to the month with the mood not being helped by Russia's war on Ukraine....
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Patrick Roper
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