Tag: nectar

Nectar deserts

Posted on 16th June 201916th June 2019 by Sally_Empire

It was a comment from one of the speakers on BBC Radio 4 Farming Today (Sat 15 June) that got me thinking about #nectar, or rather the lack of nectar. The topic of discussion was flea beetles and oilseed rape

Thank goodness for bramble and willowherb

Posted on 2nd August 20182nd August 2018 by Sally_Empire

Its #bigbutterflycount time – walk for 15 minutes and record the species and numbers of butterflies that you see (https://www.bigbutterflycount.org). It’s something I do every year, but this time butterflies have been badly hit by the drought. In fact, insect