The damage to trees caused by woodpeckers…
This post comes on the back of a recent walk around Tetney Blow Wells with my brother. It was a cold, still morning and wildlife was distinctly hard to find. Walking through the wood we were stopped in our tracks by the unmistakable sound of a woodpecker ‘knock, […]
What happens when we discard our trash on the beach…
Whenever I visit a place of natural beauty I feel lucky to be a part of it, I know that it was there long before me and, God willing will still be there when I am not. Woods, fields, valleys, beaches…wherever I go they all seem […]
Nocton Fen and Wasps Nest in the Winter….
Nocton Fen in Lincolnshire is a truly wonderful place. At first glance there is little more than a winding country lane which cuts through vast working fields with veins of dykes and ditches to break it all up. I have written about this favourite place of mine in […]
A visitors guide to Middle Rasen Plantation near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire…..
Across the road from Usselby Plantation is the much larger and quite brilliant Middle Rasen Plantation which I walked around for the first time with my brother this week.
Anyone living close to the A46 Lincoln to Grimsby road will find this quite easily with […]
Information and a visitors guide to a quiet haven in Lincolnshire…
Driving along the A46 between Lincoln and Grimsby there is a turn for Walesby. Take it and follow the road until you come across a sign on the right hand side for Usselby Plantation. Park the car and have a wander…..
Pond at Usselby Plantation […]
Photographs and information on Linwood Warren near Market Rasen…
Linwood Warren is a wooded area I stumbled across with my brother recently and what a find it proved to be. Truth be told we were looking for another, larger wood but this seemed like a good ’stop gap’ during a very cold winter’s morning.
Here is a […]
The truth behind the free light bulbs….
Last week I received a free present from my gas and electricity provider, N Power. Free energy efficient light bulbs. That’s generous I thought, but was it? Why have N Power given away free light bulbs? Well sad to say it would seem that it has nothing to do […]
How the importance of conservation affects us all….
I am introducing a new section to the blog for 2010 and one which is particularly close to my heart, conservation. I shall be writing posts on issues which I believe in, deserve covering and hopefully inspire thought and debate amongst everyone who reads it. This is by […]