Tag Archives: spring

Bracken and a dead bumblebee

Posted on April 26, 2015 by natureuncovered

I’m enjoying doing these vignettes but for a change this week I couldn’t resist adding a few insects.  My husband breeds the Emperor moths and last years chrysalises have just hatched and I found the dead bumblebee  lying in the … Continue reading →

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Colour and burgeoning buds

Posted on April 11, 2015 by natureuncovered

There is more colour in the garden now – our strange climber, Akebia, is flowering fully and has an amazing scent.  I couldn’t resist having a go at buds that are bursting out all over. Pussy willow may be beyond … Continue reading →

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Everything is coming up yellow

Posted on March 22, 2015 by natureuncovered

It seems at this time of year yellow is the dominant flower colour – it also happens to be the most challenging colour to paint, but how can you find that out without trying?  

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A beautiful bird’s nest

Posted on April 20, 2013 by natureuncovered

Its spring at last and the birds are nesting.  Here is a Long Tailed Tit’s nest, so beautifully made with moss and lichen, but sadly if I can see it so can the Magpies and I fear for these little … Continue reading →

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The Curlews are here again

Posted on April 15, 2013 by natureuncovered

Its not only flowers appearing and leaves bursting forth that tells me its spring at last.  Its the bird song I hear, like the Chiffchaff and Cuckoo.  We live near some boggy fields that always used to have Curlews nesting … Continue reading →

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