“A book is a dream you hold in your hands.” – Neil Gaiman
“A book is a dream you hold in your hands.” – Neil Gaiman
Winter truly arrived here at Mennock with ice, snow and frost over several days; it didn’t stop the wildlife from visiting though. Back in November before the cold weather arrived, we had the privilege of watching a female Sea Trout (Brown Trout) preparing the river bed and then laying her eggs whilst being closely watched …
As we approach Rememberance Sunday, we thought we would tell you about two young men who lived at Mennock Pass Cottage and whose names appear on the Mennock War memorial. As mentioned in a previous posting, before it was named Mennock Pass Cottage it had been previously known as Dalpeddar Cottage. In WW1 23 men …
Our ever expanding list of fauna and flora now includes our first wild black rabbit, Gold Crests, Kingfishers, Globeflowers, Wild yellow poppies and with so little rain in recent weeks, even the Mennock water is starting to sprout all sorts of interesting weed and aquatic life. The woodland has now transformed from its winter rest …
Taking the opportunity to enjoy the sunshine, we wandered down into the wood behind the Book Warren to see the emergence of spring flowers. Our snowdrops have been glorious and now the daffodils are rapidly forming their buds. The dark green leaves of bluebells are pushing through the leaf litter, tiny Celandine leaves precede their …
“The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.” Robert Burns To everyone celebrating Burn’s Night have a great evening. We took a wander through the Book Warren woodland and spotted some early snowdrops gently nodding their heads in the low winter light. As one of the first …
Brrrrrrrrr, it’s chilly down in the wood but not as cold as it was a few weeks back. This week we’ve seen two Roe deer running through the trees along with a brown hare and we’re having fairly frequent visits from our two red Squirrels Tip and Flash. Tip is one our our two squirrel …
One of the many joys of living here is the sheer variety of wildlife we see every day. Last week these were just some of the amazing birds and mammals that paid us a visit. Our Great Spotted Woodpecker visitors are a pair that had at least one fledging last year. Rebecca the Woodpecker is …
5th January 2023 Living as we do surrounded by deciduous woodland of Oak, Elder, Hazel, Birch and White Willow as well as other tree and shrubs species, we are incredibly lucky to see the winter phenomenon known as Hair Ice (also known as Ice Wool or Frost Beard). This is an unusual and rare ice …