The Nature Bible

Nature Diary

Key dates

Catkins, yellow gold amongst the dark light, tracks in mud and snow

Winter rainbows, violets, spring birdsong, foxes barking

Frogs and toads, daffodils, hedgehogs coming out of hibernation

Brimstone Butterflies, wood anenomes, wild garlic, nightingales arrive

Bluebells, swallows, swifts and house martins

Dog rose, mid-summer's eve, bat pups, sunsets

Glow-worms, emerging dragonflies, elderflower oxe-eye daisies

Grasshopper chorus, poppyfields

'Organic' September: Daddy Long-legs, blackberries, season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

First frosts, sweet chestnuts, conkers, pumpkins, eating apples

Wild mushrooms, golden leaves, walnuts, bare trees

Tawny owls noisiest as they call for a mate, Helleborus Christmas rose, black truffles