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1. Rural Reading: too much mowing damages meadows
Get Wokingham, Friday 17 June 2011The dry weather might have come to a dramatic end with what feel like April showers. I got caught out several times last week in rain and sleet, which rather enlivened a few walks.
2. Rural Reading: Perfect conditions for wild orchids
Get Wokingham, Friday 24 June 2011The weather might have been perfect for wildflowers this year.
3. Rural Reading: Special place lost for ever
Get Wokingham, Friday 01 July 2011At the end of my road there’s a track, and this is where my countryside starts.
4. Rural Reading: Ruper has opened my eyes
Get Wokingham, Friday 08 July 2011Whenever I go out these days I take my binoculars.
5. Rural Reading: Join the Big Butterfly count
Get Wokingham, Friday 15 July 2011I may have mentioned the little nature reserve at Hosehill, near Theale, before.
6. Rural Reading: Fertilisers ruin the countryside
Get Wokingham, Friday 22 July 2011The Kennet Meadows are very local to me but sadly the wildflowers there are not something I would go out of my way to see.
7. Rural Reading: New route to historic brook
Get Wokingham, Friday 29 July 2011No longer do I walk along the path at the foot of the railway bank. The resurfacing with old tarmac chunks is unpleasant to look at, difficult to walk on and smells of tar.
8. Rural Reading: Feed the birds
Get Wokingham, Friday 19 August 2011The summer seems to be over now, the leaves are already falling from some trees, and turning red on others.
9. Rural Reading: Wild things
Get Wokingham, Friday 26 August 2011As the season for wildflowers draws to a close, the fields and hedgerows are suddenly full of seedheads.
10. Rural Reading: Whitethroats leave and spiders return
Get Wokingham, Friday 09 September 2011Ever since they arrived back in April I have been watching the whitethroats busily raising young in the meadows at the end of my road.
