The Feed

Sunday 16th January 2022 Hard work today but we made great progress. The pond is looking good - I will put the stones in the pond...

Thursday 9th September 2021 We went on the evening safari at Knepp - which effectively means walking round the estate with a guide trying...

Tuesday 6th July 2021 In 2019 DEFRA published the Landscape Review (the Glover report) DEFRA - Landscapes Review - Final Report 2019...

Thursday 24th June 2021 We went back to Nailsworth to do the first day of the dry stone walling course. While everyone got on with...

Wednesday 17th March 2021 I wanted to catch a picture of the charm of goldfinches that are now coming into the garden so I set up the...

Thursday 11th March 2021 I am in Cirencester at the Rural Innovation Centre for a few days to complete some of the practical course (at...

Monday 22nd February 2021 We bought a trail camera to catch pictures of the birds as we cant see them from the house - I still haven't...

Tuesday 16th February 2021 Today we took a look at hedges. We had to go out on ours walks and photograph a hedge and then say what state...

Wednesday 10th February 2021 This morning there were two long tailed tits on the bird feeder - we stood right next to them! I could not...

Tuesday 9th February 2021 Today I caught up on a webinar from last week that I missed. Creating a Meadow in the Conwy Valley (Spring into...

Monday 8th February 2021 Today one of my lectures was focused on cultural ecosystem services - very difficult to define and to...

Tuesday 2nd February 2021 And this one is really important. In early 2019 HM Treasury commissioned Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta from...

Monday 1st February 2021 WWF and London Zoo publish The Living Planet Report every two years - the last one was for 2020. Its an...

Thursday 28th January 2021 Lunchtime today and we realised we needed to submit our Hengistbury Head project by tomorrow rather than...

Thursday 21st January 2021 I listened to the Wildlife Trust Wildlive panel. The return of bee killing pesticides? Wild LIVE | The...

Sunday 17th January 2021 We are starting to ramp up for our three peaks walk! 17km today - over to Crowthorne and then round the woods...

Thursday 14th January 2021 One of our more useful New Years resolutions was to eat less meat and cut our food waste in 2021. Both of...

Wednesday 13th January 2021 Orang RAU - we made our assignment presentation today and all went well - got good feedback from the lecturer...

Tuesday 12th January 2021 Well I couldnt wait until next week and I had a few minutes so I thought I would sketch a couple of birds...

Sunday 10th January 2021 The finished Lego flowers - they are amazing and not too difficult to put together! We have done two good walks...