FIRST CUCKOO CALL

John heard the first cuckoo of Spring yesterday morning down by the estuary. The odd house martin is back too and they are starting to check out the eaves of the house.  With violets, celandine, wood anemone and wild garlic out on the lower fields and cherry blossom...

BUSHCRAFT EASTER

The sun shone over Snowdonia for the Easter holiday and suddenly loads of people appeared – kids on the beach, walkers on Cadair Idris, musicians in the pubs, and mountain bikers everywhere…Having seen little but builders and the odd buzzard since Janaury,...