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https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnaturenotes https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2023/11/herefordshire-2023-november-visit-part_30.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Herefordshire 2023 - November Visit - Part 3: Leominster On the Thursday rain was forecast but it was actually dry, if cloudy, all day. We've moved the birdbath to the border under the hawthorn h... ragged robinnature notes https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2022/01/recent-reading.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Recent Reading Recent Reading The Shire book on Old Letter Boxes was fascinating and is a good little reference book. "Secrets of a Devon Wood" is a beau... ragged robinnature notesrecentreading https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2021/04/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: April 2021 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesapril https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2024/09/two-herefordshire-visits-and-recent.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Two Herefordshire Visits and Recent Reading I am sorry for lack of blog posts recently but annoyingly, I still keep getting bouts of cellulitis even after the 2 day hospital stay! Ge... ragged robinnature notes https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-rather-special-organic-garden.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: A Rather Special Organic Garden I had a day out yesterday with a friend. It was a beautiful day - warm and sunny and we decided to revisit Ryton Organic Gardens as i... ragged robinnature notesratherspecialorganic https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2023/10/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: October 2023 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesoctober https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2023/04/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: April 2023 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesapril https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2013/05/spring-at-castle-bromwich-hall-gardens.html?showComment=1368140145428 Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Spring at Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens It was a beautiful warm and sunny afternoon on Tuesday so as I was passing I stopped off at Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens for an hour. ... ragged robinnature notescastle bromwich https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2024/10/visit-to-kenilworth-castle.html?showComment=1728894556286 Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Visit to Kenilworth Castle Recently B needed his usual lift to and from the pub to meet ex work colleagues for lunch so while he was there I took D and E to Kenilwor... ragged robinnature notesvisit tokenilworthcastle https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2024/05/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: May 2024 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesmay https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2013/05/bluebells-at-ryton-wood.html?showComment=1369855665637 Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Bluebells at Ryton Wood I must admit we don't normally visit places on bank holidays as they are always so busy but we realised this weekend that we were in dan... ragged robinnature notesbluebellsrytonwood https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2020/02/a-wander-around-temple-balsall.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: A Wander Around Temple Balsall Family chauffeuring one afternoon last week meant I had an hour to spare so I drove the few miles to Temple Balsall. I do love this are... ragged robinnature noteswanderaroundtemple https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2019/05/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: May 2019 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesmay https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2018/10/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: October 2018 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesoctober https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2011/02/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: February 2011 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesfebruary https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2014/07/dorset-part-3-30th-june-corfe-castle.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: DORSET - Part 3 - 30th June: Corfe Castle We went to Corfe Castle village on Monday - another dry, sunny day. We were really lucky with the weather especially considering the fo... ragged robinnature notes https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2017/08/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: August 2017 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesaugust https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2021/02/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: February 2021 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesfebruary https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2019/09/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: September 2019 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesseptember https://www.raggedrobinflorist.co.uk/ Ragged Robin Florist, your florist in Wymondham. Ragged Robin Florist provides flower arrangements for every occasion. 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D came too this time although E wasn't on holiday but at work so stayed at home t... ragged robinnature notesback to https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2015/07/butterflies-at-oversley-wood.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Butterflies at Oversley Wood D and I spent Saturday afternoon looking for butterflies in Oversley Wood, South Warwickshire. The wood is a pocket of ancient woodland... ragged robinnature notesbutterflieswood https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2016/04/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: April 2016 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesapril https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2018/12/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: December 2018 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesdecember https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-day-out-in-market-bosworth.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: A Day Out in Market Bosworth When we visited the Battle of Bosworth Heritage Centre a year or so back we all said at the time that one day we would visit Market Bos... a day outragged robinnature notes https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2017/01/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: January 2017 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesjanuary https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2017/04/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: April 2017 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesapril https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-at-baddesley-clinton.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Christmas at Baddesley Clinton I stopped off at Baddesley Clinton this afternoon partly to have a look round the National Trust Shop and partly because I wanted to have a ... ragged robinnature noteschristmasclinton https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2023/11/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: November 2023 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesnovember https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2014/08/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: August 2014 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesaugust https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2013/05/bluebells-at-ryton-wood.html?showComment=1369645086574 Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Bluebells at Ryton Wood I must admit we don't normally visit places on bank holidays as they are always so busy but we realised this weekend that we were in dan... ragged robinnature notesbluebellsrytonwood https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2025/04/herefordshire-again-part-3-st-georges.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Herefordshire Again - Part 3: St George's, Orleton On the Friday B was busy gardening so I decided to drive to Orleton and visit St George's Church which has a font and a dragon carving by ... ragged robinnature notes https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2011/01/garden-birds-again.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Garden Birds Again! I feel on the verge of developing "blogger's block" having not being out birding or any where else interesting recently so I'm afraid its an... ragged robinnature notesgarden birds https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2010/11/missed-garden-tick.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Missed Garden Tick I came downstairs early this morning for a cup of tea and as I glanced up the garden I noticed an unusual bird in the border under the white... ragged robinnature notesmissedgardentick https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2021/10/weekend-in-herefordshire.html?showComment=1635327105279 Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Weekend in Herefordshire Last weekend E had a rare two days off work so on Friday evening we went to Herefordshire arriving about 9.00 p.m. To be honest we didn't ... ragged robinnature notesweekendherefordshire https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2012/02/miniature-worlds.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Miniature Worlds Apart from an initial attempt taking photos of daffodils and amber, I haven't got round again to trying out the new olympus macro lens I had... ragged robinnature notesminiatureworlds https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2016/09/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: September 2016 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesseptember https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2013/06/moths-and-scarecrows.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Moths and Scarecrows I've put out the moth trap four times in the last week or so and haven't been having a lot of success. I did trap a Caddis Fly last Monday, ... ragged robinnature notesmothsscarecrows https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2025/08/helios-at-charterhouse-coventry.html?showComment=1755790966747 Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Helios at the Charterhouse, Coventry. Recently D and I went to Coventry to see Helios at The Charterhouse. Helios is a piece of artwork by Luke Jerram. I must admit that I was... ragged robinnature notesthe charterhousehelioscoventry https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2023/06/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: June 2023 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesjune https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2019/08/much-wenlock-part-1-wenlock-priory.html?showComment=1566475861255 Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Much Wenlock - Part 1: Wenlock Priory Continuing our exploration of English Heritage sites (I can honestly say joining was one of the best decisions made by D and me) we decide... ragged robinnature notesmuch wenlockpartpriory https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-creme-de-la-creme-of-rose-gardens.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: The Creme de la Creme of Rose Gardens A couple of weekends ago D who had seen them mentioned in the "I" newspaper I believe suggested a visit to the David Austin Rose Gardens a... ragged robinnature notesthe creme https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2023/02/ Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: February 2023 A record of wildlife in my garden and various trips to the Warwickshire countryside and occasionally further afield. ragged robinnature notesfebruary https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2014/04/garden-moths-and-flowers.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Garden Moths and Flowers I've been putting out the moth trap regularly in the last week but numbers have been fairly low with just two new species for the year Diurn... ragged robinnature notesgarden mothsflowers https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2016/03/another-bird-lifer-brief-church-visit.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Another Bird "Lifer", Brief Church Visit and the Davis Cup I managed to persuade B to go on a local "twitch" one afternoon last week. Sightings of a Great White Egret had been reported from Midd... https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-visit-to-herefordshire-part-1.html?showComment=1756483149433 Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: August Visit to Herefordshire - Part 1 : Hatfield and Tenbury Wells Last week we returned to Herefordshire for four nights. The journey took longer than usual as the Worcester Road was closed at Bredenbury ... https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2021/10/return-to-herefordshire-part-2-st-mary.html?showComment=1633629147965 Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Return to Herefordshire Part 2: St Mary Magdalene, Little Hereford On Thursday the weather was lovely again but B and E were quite happy to spend the day at the caravan. So I took myself off to visit a coupl... https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-trip-to-theatre-recent-reading-and.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: A Trip to the Theatre, Recent Reading and Green Tomato Chutney Last weekend D and I went along to Birmingham Repertory Theatre to see The Wipers Times. There are so many road closures in Birmingham... https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2022/06/herefordshire-part-3-herefordshire-oak.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Herefordshire - Part 3: Herefordshire Oak and Croft Castle Fishpool... The Friday was a lovely day - warm and sunny and no need for a jacket or jumper :) First of all a photo of the Herefordshire Oak - looking... https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2012/06/following-in-footsteps-of-edwardian.html?showComment=1340715558847 Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Following in the Footsteps of an "Edwardian Lady"- Part 4: Local... In the "Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady" written in 1906, Edith Holden writes of a long country walk she made on 25th June through Cather... https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2012/02/following-in-footsteps-of-edwardian.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Following in the Footsteps of an "Edwardian Lady" I've recently been re-reading one of my favourite books "The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady" by Edith Holden. In 1906, when she was livi... in the footsteps https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2019/08/goodbye-to-pool-wood-wild-flowers.html?showComment=1564740739015 Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Goodbye to Pool Wood, Wild flowers, Afternoon Tea and Butterfly Count... Those of you who follow me on Twitter will know how much I am against HS2 because of the huge unnecessary cost and in particular the loss... https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-long-overdue-visit-to-my-favourite.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: A Long Overdue Visit to my Favourite Nature Reserve B and I went along to Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve today - its been a couple of years since I last visited and I have so missed this ... https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2023/07/herefordshire-2023-8-part-1-tenbury.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Herefordshire 2023 (8) - Part 1: Tenbury Wells, Castle Tump, Burford... We've made another trip back to Herefordshire - just for 3 nights this time. We went on the Thursday and came back on the Sunday. Timothy... https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2014/06/maxstoke-castle-emperor-moth.html?showComment=1404947563396 Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Maxstoke Castle, Emperor Moth caterpillar update, A Spitfire flypast... We went along to Maxstoke Castle last weekend - there is just the one Open Day a year. The weather wasn't very good - it rained on and of... https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2025/08/another-visit-to-herefordshire-part-5.html?showComment=1755427285579 Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Another Visit to Herefordshire - Part 5: St Michael and All Angels,... St Michael and All Angels at Croft predates the present castle. The first church was built in the C12th and the present church dates back ... https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2016/09/bee-walk-books-ulia-lunar-moth-and-art.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Bee Walk, Books, Ulia the Lunar Moth and an Art Exhibition I seem to be getting behind with blog posts - I'm going through one of those phases when I am finding it hard to get motivated about bloggin... https://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2014/05/day-out-part-1-leek-and-roaches.html Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Day Out - Part 1: Leek and The Roaches It was E's birthday earlier this week and ever since the children were little we've gone out for the day to a place of their choo...