Category Archives: Out and about

A walk round RSPB Fowlmere Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

Posted in Out and about, Wordless | Tagged birds, chalk streams, natural springs, nature, RSPB Fowlmere Nature reserve, RSPB reserve, Walks, watercress, Wildlife | 18 Comments

A frosty morning walk at RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

RSPB* Fen Drayton Lakes * The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is a wildlife conservation charity. Initially, the Society (without the Royal) was an all-women movement created in 1889 by Emily Williamson to fight a fashion for feathers … Continue reading →

Posted in Out and about, Walks, Wordless | Tagged birds, Frost, iPhone photography, RSPB, RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, Walks, wetland | 12 Comments

A Week of Flowers – #Day4

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

I’ve not posted for a bit (busy and distracted, sorry), but Cathy’s lovely idea for celebrating a week of flowers, to cheer and inspire us at this time of year, was too welcome an opportunity to miss without applauding it … Continue reading →

Posted in Flowers, Out and about | Tagged A week of flowers, cumbre vieja, La Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma, Tajinaste rosado, volcano, Wildflowers, wildpretii subsp. trichosiphon | 20 Comments

Autumn 2021 at Cambridge Botanics – Vignettes

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

I managed to fit in my usual autumn visit to Cambridge Botanics last week on a gloriously sunny day, so I was hoping for brilliant colour. I certainly wasn’t disappointed by the wonderful Liquidambar by the (surprisingly empty) lake. Sadly … Continue reading →

Posted in Out and about, Trees | Tagged Acanthus senii, Autumn colours, Cambridge Botanical Gardens, Gardening, Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Worplesdon’, Trees | 24 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – A glimpse of Cambridge Botanics (August 2021)

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

Posted in Out and about, Wordless | Tagged #CUBG, Cambridge, Cambridge Botanical Gardens, Gardening, Gunnera, Photography | 11 Comments

On a completely different topic: Cambridge Cows!

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

I recently read that the continuation of the centuries old practice of grazing cows in Cambridge is now in some doubt, but meanwhile … 90 large, decorative cow sculptures have most definitely moved in! The sculptures have been set up … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Out and about, Whimsy | Tagged #cowsaboutcambridge, Art, Break charity, Cambridge, cows, Photography, sculpture, Summer | 8 Comments

Wet feet in search of wild orchids

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

It didn’t start out as a quest for orchids. First off, it was just a regular dog walk on Corfe Common in Dorset, enjoying the views: And the meadow flowers, like this patch of knapweed shining in the sunshine: But … Continue reading →

Posted in Out and about, Wildflowers | Tagged Corfe, Dactylorhiza maculata, Dorset, Heath spotted orchid, wild orchids, Wildflowers | 13 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Wildflowers at Corfe Castle

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

Posted in Out and about, Wildflowers, Wordless | Tagged Corfe Castle, Dorset, echium vulgare, National Trust, Photography, vipers bugloss, Wildflowers | 4 Comments

In a Vase on Monday – Weather Watchers and Peonies

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

My vase today is simply filled with beautiful peonies. They smell wonderful. The heads are fully open and frilly, because I picked them several days ago. They didn’t come from my garden. I went to a local Pick Your Own … Continue reading →

Posted in Flowers, Out and about | Tagged #InaVaseonMonday, flower farming, Gardening, In a vase on Monday, Peonies, Photography, red | 17 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Studland in yellow

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

Posted in Out and about, Wordless | Tagged Agglestone Rock, Dorset, gorse, Lowland heath, Photography, Stonechat, Studland, Ulex | 10 Comments