Skip to Main Content
Natural Word

Wildlife writing, editing, proofreading, publications & promotions

  • Home
  • Blogs
    • Cornwall Wildlife Groups
    • Natural Word
    • Wildlife gardening
  • News
  • About
    • Reviews
    • Natural Word portfolio
    • Wildlife gardening portfolio
    • Wildlife Groups portfolio
  • Links
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Blogs
    • Cornwall Wildlife Groups
    • Natural Word
    • Wildlife gardening
  • News
  • About
    • Reviews
    • Natural Word portfolio
    • Wildlife gardening portfolio
    • Wildlife Groups portfolio
  • Links
  • Contact

Cornwall

Helpful, healing herbs
28 Mar 2020

Helpful, healing herbs

by admin | posted in: Wildlife gardening | 0

Herbs have grown in wild places for millennia, often thriving where other plants struggle to get a foothold. There is surely a herb for every home in Cornwall (windowsills and doorsteps included). Where herbs flower, wildlife thrives. This blog was … Continued

bees, butterflies, Cornwall, garden, gardening, gardening coronavirus, herbs, natural word, wildlife gardening
Invaders
15 Feb 2020

Invaders

by admin | posted in: Natural Word, Wildlife gardening | 0

[An old, prizewinning essay from back in 1995 with some new photos added. Yes, the Australian flatworms are still here!] The television screen faded. Torch in hand, I ventured out into the moist gloom of a Cornish evening to shut … Continued

Australian flatworm, Coenoplana sanguinea, Cornwall, garden, invader, nature, Wildlife, worms
Snowdrops – some sublime, some strange
8 Feb 2020

Snowdrops – some sublime, some strange

by admin | posted in: Natural Word, Wildlife gardening | 0

Snowdrops – true natives of much of mainland Europe but garden plants in Britain – have gone wild on a woodland edge near my home. The clumps or even carpets of brilliant white brighten a country walk on even the … Continued

Cornwall, flowers, snowdrops, Tamar Valley, Wildlife
Cornwall leads the way with our Your Shore Network
6 Feb 2020

Cornwall leads the way with our Your Shore Network

by admin | posted in: Cornwall Wildlife Groups | 0

I went to the Your Shore Network’s annual conference to find out about an incredible coastal success story. There was a lot going on… I challenge you to read to the end! First, a summary of what it’s all about: … Continued

coast, Cornwall, marine, Wildlife, Your Shore
The silence of the bat detector
22 Jan 2020

The silence of the bat detector

by admin | posted in: Natural Word | 0

In a world before bat detectors, nobody realised just how many different species of bat there are. There is only one word to describe all of them in the Cornish language (according to The Mammals of Cornwall and the Isles … Continued

bat, bat detector, bats, Cornwall, East Cornwall, insects, nature, nature reserve, Wildlife
A meadow in the front garden
16 Dec 2019

A meadow in the front garden

by admin | posted in: Wildlife gardening | 0

My patch of front lawn is now being grown as a wildflower meadow, and wildflower meadows have to be managed. This blog describes my new mini meadow and how I prepared it for the winter. As the gales and showers … Continued

autumn, Cornwall, flowers, front garden, gardening, meadow, nature, wildflowers, Wildlife

Posts navigation

« 1 2 3 4 »

Find me on social media

Click a word to see related posts

Australian flatworm autumn bat bats beach Cornwall Cornwall Wildlife Trust creatures damselfly dormice dormouse dragonfly East Cornwall flowers garden garden creatures gardening hedgerow insects June LAPWG lockdown mammals meadow minibeasts natural history natural word natural world nature nature story oil beetle river Rowena Millar short story slug spring stoat vole Wildlife wildlife garden wildlife gardening wildlife group wildlife groups woodland woodlouse

Your new wildlife garden

  • Male Beautiful Demoiselle, Downgate Demoiselle and dragonfly day 29/07/2021
  • Flowery border in the garden It’s a June jungle, 2021 25/06/2021
  • Hawthorn in a Cornish hedge A Cornish hedge is for life 03/06/2021
  • Violet oil beetle on m oss Incredible insects found in spring 20/04/2021
  • The wildlife garden on icy days 03/03/2021

[custom-facebook-feed]

  • Home
  • Blogs
    • Cornwall Wildlife Groups
    • Natural Word
    • Wildlife gardening
  • News
  • About
    • Reviews
    • Natural Word portfolio
    • Wildlife gardening portfolio
    • Wildlife Groups portfolio
  • Links
  • Contact

© 2025 Natural Word - WordPress Theme by Kadence WP