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Grasses in Willoughby – so much to see!

Grasses in Willoughby – so much to see!

by Willoughby Parish Council | May 12, 2017 | Natural History Page, Nature & Wildlife

There is a whole world of grasses at our feet waiting to be explored and appreciated as part of the scenery and of our rural environment. If we count the cereal crops, which we should include because botanically and genetically they belong amongst the grasses, then 26...
Churchyards as Time Capsules

Churchyards as Time Capsules

by Willoughby Parish Council | May 12, 2017 | Church, Natural History Page

The thought that a church yard is full of echoes of the history of its parish and of rural England is deeply embedded in our culture, and I feel conscious of it whenever I sit on the seat for a rest and a think, or cut the west hedge. The sentiment appears in...
Wildlife of Willoughby

Wildlife of Willoughby

by Willoughby Parish Council | May 12, 2017 | Natural History Page, Nature & Wildlife

Willoughby has no formally designated wild flower gardens, though some gardens are semi-wild by default, including mine. In its wildness some cowslips mysteriously colonised my front lawn many years ago, and with no encouragement beyond taking care to avoid them with...
Birds to Spot in Willoughby

Birds to Spot in Willoughby

by Willoughby Parish Council | May 11, 2017 | Natural History Page, Nature & Wildlife

I think I have identified over 40 species of bird in Willoughby in recent years, but I dare say that there are many residents, far more expert in ornithology, who could name many more. Of all the vertebrate wild animal life, it is probably the birds which attract the...
Signs of Autumn in Willoughby

Signs of Autumn in Willoughby

by Willoughby Parish Council | Apr 12, 2017 | Autumn, Natural History Page, Nature & Wildlife

“To autumn” by John Keats (1792-1821) must surely be one of the most quoted poems in English, with its “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”. But what of our local natural history in autumn, and of its fruitfulness?  As drivers we’re not always pleased to see the...
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