After two years of noticeably warm, early springs, 2021 has been rather a contrast. From a dry April to the deluges of May, it's been a tricky time for wildlife. Learn how this year's cold spring will impact wildlife during autumn. https://naturescalendar.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2021/cold-wet-spring-of-2021/ Judith Garforth Citizen Science Officer - Nature's...
Grasses form the Poaceae family, their stems are round and hollow. There are four common UK grasses that can be recorded for the Nature's Calendar project. Read our blog to learn how to identify and record these grasses this spring. Find out how the Nature's...
Have you been looking skyward for the first glimpse of a swift swooping by? These summertime icons delight us with their aerial acrobatics as they return from Africa to breed in the UK. Looking back at 20 years of Nature's Calendar 'first recorded' sightings we would...
If you’re a fan of sloe gin, you’ll be pleased to hear we’ve had reports of 2020 being a bumper year for sloes. But why is there a good crop this year? Judith Garforth, Citizen Science Officer for the Nature's Calendar project, has investigated. Read...
Lorienne Whittle (Citizen Science Officer for the Nature's Calendar project) has written a new blog to share our analysis of your Nature's Calendar autumn 2019 records. Find out how autumn was progressing this time last year. Read Lorienne's blog....
The latest State of the UK Climate report reveals that 2019 was a year that broke multiple records for temperatures in the UK. The report also includes a phenology section in which Nature’s Calendar records show the impact of the weather and climate on wildlife. Read...
Climate change is threatening the seasons as we known them. However, we know far less of autumn phenology than we do of spring. What happens, for example, when autumn arrives early and plants like bramble and hazel fruit before hazel dormice are ready to hibernate? With...
The Woodland Trust has decided to follow and document a year in the life of a single tree and we'd like you to do the same. We've been monitoring the Grantham Oak, a beautiful tree more than 400 years old, that many of us pass on...