Blogs

After many long, cold months now is the perfect time to get out and about and start rubbing the winter from those weary eyes. The countryside is teeming with life as leaves begin to burst forth from sleeping trees, and woodland plants rush to flower before the canopy closes in. There's plenty to discover in woodlands, from anemones and ramsons to primroses and iconic spring bluebells.

At this time of year many of us will starting hearing and seeing swifts reeling around above our gardens. A sure sign, that despite the unseasonable weather of past months, summer is just around the corner. Here Colin Studholme talks about his fascination with swifts and the plight they face.

The idea of the Easter Bunny comes from an early pagan tradition which celebrated the arrival of spring. The hare was the spirit companion of the Celtic Goddess ‘Eostre’; her season being spring. Later, her name became ‘Easter.’

Sandra Jeans has been a volunteer for the Trust for over 35 years and was awarded our Armstrong award in 2012. Recently she has been working on updating all the Wikipedia pages for our nature reserves and the Gloucestershire Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Wikipedia is an on-line encyclopaedia which is maintained and edited by volunteers. Here she describes her most recent work.