The rains
There's nothing like walking in the woods after the rain for activating your sense of smell. I've been sniffing more than usual when...
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sarahburgess5
Aug 4, 20223 min read
Lammas: the first harvest
With the somewhat unpredictable weather of the last few weeks, I wasn't surprised to see an upsetting number of conkers littering the...
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sarahburgess5
Jul 21, 20222 min read
A holiday postcard
A holiday postcard from me this week. It’s been hot. At times it’s been difficult to summon up the energy to do much. (That’s ok, I am on...
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sarahburgess5
Jul 7, 20223 min read
5 Pathways to Nature Connection
A quick post this week to draw your attention to a recent publication from the University of Derby. There's been some coverage in the...
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sarahburgess5
Jul 1, 20222 min read
Connecting through art
On Tuesday I spent the day in Bothwell Road Park in the company of a wonderful group of people. It was the launch of Get Outdoors...
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sarahburgess5
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Summer solstice
Today is the summer solstice. The precise time is 10.13am which is the time that the sun is directly overhead at the Tropic of Cancer -...
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sarahburgess5
Jun 10, 20223 min read
Secrets
Do you ever feel like nature is a secret that you are discovering? This week I feel like I have discovered a lot of nature secrets. You...
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sarahburgess5
May 27, 20222 min read
Looking at lichens
This week it's time for another guest blog. Next time you are out for a walk in your local park, stop for a moment and look closely at...
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sarahburgess5
May 20, 20224 min read
Walk this May
As you're probably aware, May is all about walking - walk this May, if you will. You'll probably also not be that surprised to discover...
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sarahburgess5
May 12, 20223 min read
Tracking on Trees
Trees are so important for our wildlife – they offer food, shelter and a whole lot more. But how do we find out which animals have been...
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sarahburgess5
May 6, 20223 min read
Trees
This week I have spent a lot of time thinking about trees. When we started thinking about a month long nature noticing project, I needed...
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sarahburgess5
Apr 28, 20223 min read
Noticing Nature
Can you believe it's May on Sunday? Undoubtedly one of my favourite times of year, although I strongly suspect I say that about every...
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sarahburgess5
Apr 22, 20224 min read
Earth Day 2022
For Christmas I received a lovely book Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year, and every evening I read the day's entry, and then I...
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sarahburgess5
Apr 14, 20223 min read
Mayhem and magnolias
Over on the dreaded social media, a quote that I had forgotten about leapt out at me: Life is simply a mix of mayhem and magnolias, so...
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sarahburgess5
Mar 18, 20223 min read
It's that time again
Inspired by the podcast I mentioned last week I've been keeping an eye on the cherry trees and their swelling buds, and as you can see...
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sarahburgess5
Mar 10, 20223 min read
And suddenly Spring sprung
I went south for a few days, and when I returned, Spring had sprung. Last week my morning walk was very much still at dawn, this week,...
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sarahburgess5
Mar 4, 20223 min read
More awe
I've said it before and I'll say it again, experiencing awe is good for you. This week I attended the first session in a new course...
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sarahburgess5
Feb 17, 20223 min read
Stormy weather
I seem to have spent much of the last 24 hours looking at the sky. I'm not really sure that changeable covers it, but yesterday in a...
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sarahburgess5
Feb 11, 20224 min read
A collection of thoughts
In my head this is a neat collection of thoughts and experiences that I have had over the last week. In reality I am not a "neat...
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sarahburgess5
Feb 4, 20224 min read
Nature stories
No prizes for my photography but I was so excited to see the first daffodils blooming earlier this week, that despite it being still...
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