Nature's Calendar Blog
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Taking time for wildlife during lockdown
By Lorienne Whittle, 13/05/2020
Busy blue tits having been nesting, butterflies are a flutter, bees buzzing and beautiful bluebells have flowered. The colour of towns, cities and the countryside have changed as nature creates a feast for the senses through spring.
While we've mostly watched spring unfold from our homes and gardens this year, many have relished taking the time to slow down, connect with nature and spot the signs of the changing seasons.
Here we look back over spring and share some of the wonderful photos sent in by our recorders.
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Recording for Nature's Calendar during the coronavirus pandemic - latest advice
By Judith Garforth, 20/03/2020
The Nature’s Calendar citizen science project will continue to run during the coronavirus pandemic, but please only record at home. Find out what you can record from the view from your window or in your garden. Please do not feel obliged to continue recording at this difficult time. No one will be letting us by down by not recording.
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When do wood anemones start flowering?
By Judith Garforth, 09/03/2020
Wood anemone flowers are beautiful, symbolic and ancient woodland indicators. One of the earliest spring blooms, their flowering time has been recorded for hundreds of years. Here’s a summary of what we already know about their phenology, but we need your help to continue this important biological record into the next decade and beyond.
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Coltsfoot - a little ray of sunshine in the spring
By Judith Garforth, 24/02/2020
Coltsfoot flowers are a little ray of sunshine in the spring! But they are flowering later than we’d expect. If you spot a coltsfoot plant flowering this year, please add a record to the Nature’s Calendar database to help scientists investigate how weather and climate are affecting their flowering time.
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Need some spring recording inspiration?
By Lorienne Whittle, 28/01/2020
Spring is a busy time for nature - and so it is for Nature's Calendar too, tracking all the signs of this seasonal change.
Watch our spring video to hear how two of our longest recorders have enjoyed tracking the seasons with Nature's Calendar. Learn how you can help contribute to this biological database, which is increasingly being used to understand the impact of climate change on our wildlife.
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