Join Simon Bennett for a socially distanced walk around the Washbrook Nature Reserve to look out for, and listen to the birds of Spring. We will also have a chance to look at the local flora. The walk will start at the entrance to the Reserve on Knighton Lane East (just below the roundabout with […]
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The becoming of a wildflower meadow – postscript, a new discovery!
Editor – Uta has described how a group of allotmenteers set up a wildflower meadow at the Washbrook allotments in the first two episodes. Her story concludes here. Towards the end of June, Alan Cann, a local naturalist, visited the Washbrook Allotments to look for invertebrates in the wildflower meadow. Alan has a particular interest […]
In Nicky’s lockdown garden
From the viewpoint of an enthusiastic amateur living alone, with nowhere to go and time on her hands, I have been looking more at life in my garden (much to the amusement of the neighbors seeing the mad woman standing motionless staring at her hedge with a camera in hand, and also entertaining a couple […]
Look out for these spiders – they’re coming to Leicestershire!
Alan’s talk in February attracted a good crowd and he gave us a fascinating insight into these creatures. He also asked us to look out for some spiders that are arriving in Leicestershire soon (if they haven’t already!). These two species have been spreading north and west in recent years and are now on our […]
Wildlife on your doorstep: a talk by wildlife photographer Jack Perks
Jack will be talking at the next meeting of Leicester and Leicestershire Photographic Society on Friday 15th November at 7.30 Jack’s passion is natural history and he has a degree BA (Hons) in Marine & Natural History Photography. He is also passionate about teaching others-photography, wild life and conservation. He has worked on various BBC […]
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