Dr Cath's Nature Notes - November 2023
This month I’m rambling along the hedgerows. The pastoral landscape of England is defined by hedges – something rarely seen in the rest of the world – and Shropshire is well-blessed with them.
We’re not quite into autumn yet, but there are definite changes afoot, and I’m looking forward to them. This is a time of fruitfulness, with ripening apples, wild fruits aplenty and the year…
Berries are abundant in August and September and we are lucky to have several more unusual species in Shropshire.
Autumn is traditionally the time to tidy up your garden, ‘putting it to bed for winter’ as my grandfather would say. Times and attitudes have changed, and I’d like to put in a big plea for not…
Our best natural autumn spectacle is the changing colour of leaves in our woodlands. But why does this happen?