Nature's Calendar Blog

• Is 2025 a mast year?

  By Fritha West, 02/10/2025
  

  Have you noticed a bumper crop of acorns this year? You’re not alone – it seems that across the UK, oak trees are producing acorns in mast year like numbers. But does that mean it is a mast year?

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• When does autumn start?

  By Alex Marshall, 02/09/2025
  

  Spring 2025 was the warmest on record, but what will that mean for wildlife this autumn? 

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• Ivy: let us know when you spot this late summer flower!

  By Alex Marshall, 12/08/2025
  

  August marks the start of the recording season for our only late summer flower at Nature’s Calendar. Here’s a reminder on how to record ivy and a look back at previous records.

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• State of the UK Climate in 2024

  By Judith Garforth, 14/07/2025
  

  Nature's response to the weather in 2024 is shown using Nature's Calendar records in the latest State of the UK Climate report, published today.

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• It’s bramble season! Let us know when you spot your first ripe berry.

  By Alex Marshall, 30/06/2025
  

  The first ripe blackberries have been spotted! Here is a reminder on how to record bramble fruiting and a look back at blackberry season from previous years of Nature’s Calendar.

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