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Tag Archives: bees
The New Steps Had To Go…
I made an error when putting the new steps in, and for reasons way too complicated to go into here, they had to come out. Thanks to Aaron, Marcus and Reece for helping to dismantle them, and a massive sorry … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, Birdwatching, coffee, coffee and cookies, community, conservation, cookies, cycling, friendship, hobbies, jogging, loneliness, mental health, Mountain-biking, nature, nectar, outdoors, photography, Picnic, railway, rambling, Rugby, running, trail, view, volunteering, wildlife, working together
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Picnic Area
Our new picnic area is starting to shape-up. In my mind’s eye, I can see exactly how this area needs to look. To get wildflowers to grow we need plenty of sunshine. The bench also needs to be in sunshine, … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, butterflies, community, cycling, Damselflies, nature, newts, permissive path, photography, Picnic, rambling, running, sunlight, volunteering, wildflowers
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Seek and you will find…
The wildflower plant ID app (Seek) that David from Sustrans told us about is really coming into its own. The purists might say that we are cheating and should be scouring books and ID guides, but a lot of what I … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, Berrybanks, Black Medick, butterflies, cawston greenway, Damselflies, nature trail, photography, self-heal, wildflowers, Woody Nightshade
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It’s a Balancing Act
Trying to balance and spin all the plates on the greenway is tough… A bit like life in general I guess, with so many things pulling at you for time and attention. With the path, it could just be a … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, beetles, birdsfoot-trefoil, butterflies, cycling, field poppy, Great Burnet, jogging, Lesser Knapweed, nature trail, Orange Hawkweed, outdoors, Railway path, Rugby to Draycote Railway Path, Rugby to Leamington Spa Railway, runners, running, St John's Wort, summer, walkers, wildflowers
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Life Goes On…
We are ahead of our winter schedule, which is probably a first in all of the ten years that we have been doing the greenway. Marcus, Chris, Aaron, Kerrie, Mick and myself made it today and seeded the last three … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, butterflies, community, cycling, friendship, hobbies, mental health, Mountain-biking, nature, nectar, outdoors, photography, Picnic, rambling, running, sustrans, wildflowers
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Life on the Hedge
A cracking turn-out with Marcus, Reece, Aaron, Kerrie and myself armed and ready to tackle our hedge challenge. Supplies were plentiful with gingerbread men, fudge and coffee on offer throughout the morning. I don’t think we quite got to the … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, bloody-nosed beetles, bumblebee, butterflies, community, cycling, dappled sunlight, Hedge Bedstraw, hedgerow, holly, Lady's Bedstraw, nature, photography, picnic benches, running, sustrans
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Record Bench Build
It was only a matter of time until the professional bench-builders hit the trail. I would say that this one took Aaron and myself about 45 minutes to build… Ahem, sorry, did someone say, 1 hour and 45 mins? Only … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, brimstone butterfly, butterflies, cawston greenway, hedgerow, nature reserve, nature trail, nectar, Picnic, picnic benches, pollinators
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Visit from the mothership
Great to be joined by David from Sustrans, today. David brought gifts, in the form of cookies and our much needed Lady’s Bedstraw and Hedge Bedstraw seeds. We now have enough seeds to really encourage our Bloody-nosed Beetle population along … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, bloody-nosed beetles, butterflies, Hedge Bedstraw, Lady's Bedstraw, NCR, NCR 41, picnic benches, pollinators, rambling, sustrans, view, walking
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Green Time v. Screen Time
Oh, the irony, sitting here at a screen extolling the virtues of getting away from a screen and replacing it with a bit of green time! It was Marcus and myself again today and we finished the scrub clearance in … Continue reading
Lots to do and running out of time
Marcus and myself today. Just to recap, we want a bird-feeder clearing with a mini-wildflower meadow. We have this and just need to let the meadow grow. We want a clearing focussed on bees and other pollinators. We also want … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, butterflies, Dunsmore Heath, Lady's Bedstraw, nature, photography, view, wildflower meadow, wildflowers
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