Lammas: the first harvest
With the somewhat unpredictable weather of the last few weeks, I wasn't surprised to see an upsetting number of conkers littering the...
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sarahburgess5
- Jul 21
- 2 min
A holiday postcard
A holiday postcard from me this week. It’s been hot. At times it’s been difficult to summon up the energy to do much. (That’s ok, I am on...
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sarahburgess5
- Jul 7
- 3 min
5 Pathways to Nature Connection
A quick post this week to draw your attention to a recent publication from the University of Derby. There's been some coverage in the...
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sarahburgess5
- Jul 1
- 2 min
Connecting through art
On Tuesday I spent the day in Bothwell Road Park in the company of a wonderful group of people. It was the launch of Get Outdoors...
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sarahburgess5
- Jun 21
- 2 min
Summer solstice
Today is the summer solstice. The precise time is 10.13am which is the time that the sun is directly overhead at the Tropic of Cancer -...
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sarahburgess5
- Jun 10
- 3 min
Secrets
Do you ever feel like nature is a secret that you are discovering? This week I feel like I have discovered a lot of nature secrets. You...
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sarahburgess5
- May 27
- 2 min
Looking at lichens
This week it's time for another guest blog. Next time you are out for a walk in your local park, stop for a moment and look closely at...
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sarahburgess5
- May 20
- 4 min
Walk this May
As you're probably aware, May is all about walking - walk this May, if you will. You'll probably also not be that surprised to discover...
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sarahburgess5
- May 12
- 3 min
Tracking on Trees
Trees are so important for our wildlife – they offer food, shelter and a whole lot more. But how do we find out which animals have been...
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sarahburgess5
- May 6
- 3 min
Trees
This week I have spent a lot of time thinking about trees. When we started thinking about a month long nature noticing project, I needed...
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sarahburgess5
- Apr 28
- 3 min
Noticing Nature
Can you believe it's May on Sunday? Undoubtedly one of my favourite times of year, although I strongly suspect I say that about every...
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sarahburgess5
- Apr 22
- 4 min
Earth Day 2022
For Christmas I received a lovely book Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year, and every evening I read the day's entry, and then I...
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sarahburgess5
- Apr 14
- 3 min
Mayhem and magnolias
Over on the dreaded social media, a quote that I had forgotten about leapt out at me: Life is simply a mix of mayhem and magnolias, so...
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sarahburgess5
- Mar 18
- 3 min
It's that time again
Inspired by the podcast I mentioned last week I've been keeping an eye on the cherry trees and their swelling buds, and as you can see...
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sarahburgess5
- Mar 10
- 3 min
And suddenly Spring sprung
I went south for a few days, and when I returned, Spring had sprung. Last week my morning walk was very much still at dawn, this week,...
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sarahburgess5
- Mar 4
- 3 min
More awe
I've said it before and I'll say it again, experiencing awe is good for you. This week I attended the first session in a new course...
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sarahburgess5
- Feb 17
- 3 min
Stormy weather
I seem to have spent much of the last 24 hours looking at the sky. I'm not really sure that changeable covers it, but yesterday in a...
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sarahburgess5
- Feb 11
- 4 min
A collection of thoughts
In my head this is a neat collection of thoughts and experiences that I have had over the last week. In reality I am not a "neat...
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sarahburgess5
- Feb 4
- 4 min
Nature stories
No prizes for my photography but I was so excited to see the first daffodils blooming earlier this week, that despite it being still...
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sarahburgess5
- Jan 28
- 4 min
Festive February
I've been looking forward to writing today's blog for a while, but then I almost mistimed it; February has crept up on me; only a chance...
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