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The Urban Ecologist


Autumn Antics
I don't know how its come to this but apparently its October tomorrow! I don't know where the summer went but now its autumn?!? The signs...
racheljbielby
Sep 30, 20233 min read


All go in August - Colourful Clover, Chaotic Champagne & Confusing Caterpillars
I'm not really sure what happened to August...it seemed to come and go extremely fast! I guess this was also not helped by the fact that...
racheljbielby
Sep 5, 20233 min read


Fabulous Frogs, Fiesty Foxes and Fun with Fledglings
The frog is back! Haven't seen it for ages, but now seems to be using our little (baking tray) pond as an air bnb. Not sure if it brought...
racheljbielby
Jul 25, 20233 min read


Going Back in Thyme
Finally finished the front garden path last week - I'm really pleased how it turned out! We hadn't initially intended to have a proper...
racheljbielby
Jul 11, 20233 min read


Foxes, Fermentation and Fowl
Its been another busy month at the wildlife reserve. Flowers are still flourishing in the front garden (above). Almost all of the poppies...
racheljbielby
Jun 28, 20233 min read
Spam Spam Spam Spam
Unfortunately not of the lovely or wonderful variety - the website has been experiencing some issues with spam, particularly in the...
racheljbielby
Jun 26, 20231 min read


The No Mow Way
Well it feels like summer is finally upon us! No Mow May got into full swing this year, and I think there were fewer disapproving...
racheljbielby
Jun 7, 20233 min read


Spring has Sprung!
So I'm super far behind on this now - thanks to a lot of chocolate related holidays that made work busy and a crazy long uni project...
racheljbielby
May 13, 20233 min read


February
February is a bit of a quiet month - it's that annoying time of year when you want to get started with plans in the garden (and...
racheljbielby
Mar 4, 20233 min read


January
Well, that's January over with - it seemed like a pretty long month - and wet too! We got a lot more birds to the garden after the snow,...
racheljbielby
Feb 3, 20232 min read


Happy Newt Year!
It's been a pretty crazy busy autumn, so this is a bit of late catch up. The hedgehogs stopped coming to the garden around late October...
racheljbielby
Dec 31, 20223 min read


Spotlight on Sassy
Sassy is a very special squirrel to me. She was the first that would be trusting enough to not run away when I was outside and this...
racheljbielby
Oct 15, 20223 min read


Rogue's Gallery
Anybody who has known me any time at all will know that I have a particular fondness for squirrels. In our previous residence (2nd floor...
racheljbielby
Sep 25, 20222 min read


Stop Press!!!
We have a frog! I was going to clean out the 'pond' - which for now is an old 30cm square cake tin (see below) when I disturbed this wee...
racheljbielby
Sep 11, 20221 min read


Slug Control
I was planning on moving away from hedgehogs this week - as there are other animals and birds vying for attention - but the hogs continue...
racheljbielby
Sep 9, 20222 min read


Hog Month
So it’s been nearly a whole month we’ve been regularly getting hedgehogs visiting our garden! It’s still just as exciting as it was the...
racheljbielby
Aug 31, 20223 min read


Stretch-hog
Turns out hedgehogs actually can stretch quite a bit! And they have longer legs than first presumed. This was a little embarrasing to...
racheljbielby
Aug 24, 20221 min read


Hedgehogs
I had grand starting plans for this blog - it being a sort of story/adventure of the wildlife we would gradually encounter when we moved...
racheljbielby
Aug 17, 20222 min read
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