Tag Archives: wildlife

New and Improved Bench

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Paul

If I have to lug another 20kg bag of post-fix down the path, I will not be responsible for my actions… lol But we got there, and the new and improved benches have longer legs so are a little bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged ASD, autism, Autism Spectrum, benches, butterflies, wildflowers, wildlife | Leave a comment

More Benches

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Paul

What a day!! Humping 20kg bags of postfix down a slippy and muddy path is no fun… But Marcus, Reece and myself persevered to make a new bench area around a small pond. We are putting them in too deep, … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged benches, birds, coffee, community, cycling, Enjoy the birdsong, friendship, fun, hobbies, mental health, mince pies, Mountain-biking, nature, outdoors, photography, pond, rambling, running, trail, volunteering, wildlife | Leave a comment

New Month – New Mission

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Paul

Aaron, Marcus, Reece, Dave and myself got back to basics this week at the bird-feeder clearing. We cleared out all the encroaching scrub and plants that had gone over from the summer. We’re a bit late in the year to … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged coffee, community, conservation, cookies, cycling, friendship, hobbies, mental health, Mountain-biking, nature, outdoors, photography, rambling, Rugby, running, squirrels, summer, trail, volunteering, walking, wildlife | Leave a comment

The New Steps Had To Go…

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Paul

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 →

Posted in Newsreel | 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 | Leave a comment

And finally…

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Paul

….it’s starting to come good. We have reds, blues, pinks, yellows, whites, and purples in our mini-meadow, and a fantastic backdrop in the distance. All this colour will be the annuals in the seed-mix with the perennials taking over in … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged butterflies, community, corn chamomile, cornflower, creating a wildflower meadow, cycling, field poppy, hedge woundwort, nature, nipplewort, oxeye daisy, photography, Railway path, rambling, rosebay willowherb, running, self-heal, tufted vetch, wildflower meadow, wildflowers, wildlife | 2 Comments

Base Camp Is Operational

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Paul

Our base camp opened for the first time today, and was much needed as the rain thrashed down, yet again!! It provided welcome shelter for Marcus, Phil, Aaron, Sharon and myself, plus all of our kit. A Blue Tit was … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged base camp, coffee and biscuits, conservation, green space, hedge woundwort, white clover, wildflowers, wildlife | Leave a comment

Litter-pick and Wildflowers

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Paul

We did a good old litter-pick today on the Berrybanks to Potsford’s Dam section. Victoria, Tom, Mick, Reece and Paul made it to the bird-feeder clearing and we fanned-out from here, after a coffee and catch-up. We have loads of … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged black medic, common vetch, conservation, cow parsley, garlic mustard, hogweed, lady's smock, old railway lines, wilderness, wildflowers, wildlife | Leave a comment

Weekender

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Paul

Great turn-out for our weekend workday. Tom, Victoria, Tim, Marcus, Aaron and Paul made it to the steps down to the reservoir and we cracked on with replacing the steps that had come loose – which was most of them, … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged bats, birds, biscuits, bug-life, butterflies, coffee, community, countryside, cycling, excercise, outdoor life, photography, Picnic, running, walking, wildflower meadow, wildlife, working together | 4 Comments

It was worth waiting for…

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Paul

What was worth waiting for? The banana loaf cake that Marcus had promised last week, but we got rained off, so Reece, Marcus, Aaron and myself had to wait until this week. It was delicious, it was so yummy I … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged banana loaf cake, community, conservation, cycling, dove's-foot cranesbill, friendship, hobbies, mental health, Mountain-biking, nature, photography, rambling, red campion, running, wildlife | Leave a comment

Tingling Fingers

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Paul

Tingling Fingers – sounds like a real ale brewed at a Warwickshire micro-brewery. Sadly, the nearest any of us lot got to alcohol was the anti-bac hand-wash in the first-aid kit. The coffee came a close second-place though, for Marcus, … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged biscuits, coffee, nature, nettles, orange-tip butterfly, photography, white deadnettle, wildflower meadow, wildflowers, wildlife | Leave a comment