Nature notes

I t’s the summer solstice, and the mountains ...

Fragrant and frothy, elder blossom is a highlight of May and June. The flat-topped flowerheads turn together to track the sun each day and attract a host of invertebrates, especially hoverflies and ti

Jenny Ackland spots an explosion of colour this June as wildlife gears up for the start of summer.

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With returning swifts screaming across the rooftop and golden buttercup pollen gilding his Wellingtons as he strides across the cow meadow, John Lewis-Stempel marvels at the many pleasures of May

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