Sitting out at the top of the field on a damp morning – and there were many – several colours stood out in the mist. The beautiful lilac of the Artichoke flowerheads, we had so many this year we
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Whilst much of the UK had the sun beating down on them, here on The Lizard we had our usual mix of Summer weather.  Several hot days, never above 24 degrees around here, often with cloud cover, a kind of humid, close weather.
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Early in the month, greeted by pale blue skies, the sun shining, the birds singing their hearts out and still there were frosts on the ground up in the higher part of the field. Inspite of lovely warm days, the chill hangs around and you only have to step out of the sun,
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April brought an abundance of events, politics, weather and growth – but not the sort advocated by the chancellor Rachel Reeves! Our moods were like yoyos,
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Lots of bright, dry, sunny and cold days for the first half of this month, rain and some harsh southerly winds followed bringing down trees between St Austell and Truro on,
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The month started with an, ‘artic maritime airmass bringing cold temperatures to the UK’ (MET Office). I looked up the January posts for previous years to compare weather fronts. In 2021 there was two weeks of bitterly cold weather here on The Lizard with temperatures,
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“Imagine a Cornwall where nature thrives, with our wildlife and wild places valued and enjoyed by all…where healthy oceans, soils, rivers, wetlands, woodlands, moors,
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All sorts of events on both the world and domestic front were staged this month.  There was COP 29, COP 16, the March for Clean Water and the much talked about budget from our government to name a few. How much was achieved?,
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The first day of the month walking in Tremayne woods – a local walk close to us – Autumn had arrived overnight, a crisp morning with a cold blue sky and racing pink clouds.
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We had some spectacular storms during mid September, violet grey skies and orange flashes from sheet lightening and thunder claps louder than I have heard since being here. It was a month of unsettled weather, vast quantities of rain with all the usual fallout from such
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Exciting news for us this month – a beautiful, White Barn Owl is once again resident in our barn.  Is it the old one returned, or a completely new bird?  How are we ever going to tell?  The original Owl has not been sighted for 18 months or more and, neither has there
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I spoke about the continual presence of Buzzards in the June blog – well, it continued on into this month on a daily basis, no matter the weather. On one early evening I counted 16 of them flying above me and the house.  I have never seen or heard that
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