Wild spring

Though January 1 marks the start of our calendar year, spring feels like the time when things really get going, as forests awaken, flowers bloom, migrating birds (swallows, swifts, warblers…) return f

Hares tend to steal the limelight in March, thanks to their spirited boxing bouts, as the females fend off unwanted advances from feisty males. However, rabbits are fairly boisterous, too. The differe

Find out which early species to watch for, how to make your patch more butterfly-friendly and where to record your sightings for science

March is a month of change for Nature, says James Lowen…

As the long nights shorten, Mounton House garden quietly emerges from winter with delicate sprinklings of white narcissi, Scilla siberica and crocuses through the lawns. Daphnes fill the air with frag

Carpeting woodland in clouds of white star-shape flowers and filling the air with a heady, intense aroma, wild garlic is abundant in April. This bulb hibernates for most of the year before bursting fo