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snowdrops

 

January: a landscape transformed..... snowdrops in the hedgerows.

 

 

 

 

fungi

 

 

February: a farmer delivering hay to cattle and ponies on Bodmin Moor.... fungi on a fallen tree.
daffodils March: colour comes to the hedgerows......

 

 

 

 

 

 

April: the swallows arrive
wild orchid

 

 

 

May: the hedhegrows are stunning with colourful wild flowers.... and listen out for the cuckoo......
comma June: garden birds are busy.......

 

 

 

 

 

July: butterflies and bumblebees......
bails August: harvest time......

 

 

 

 

 

September: gulls are seen coming inland to follow the plough as fields are cultivated...

 

 


berries

 

 

October: fruit and seed provide food for the birds and small mammals.....
litchen

 

 

November: litchen and dried leaves; the winter migrants - fieldfare, redwing, lapwing and golden plover.

 

 

 

 

holly berries December: frost and snow, and wildlife struggles to find food.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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