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Summertime in the Park
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 28th June 2025

It’s high summer and time to enjoy the colours and scents of the season! The long, warm evenings are the perfect time for...

June Brings Wildlife and Wildflowers
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 28th May 2025

The long sunny days and short nights of June abound with wildlife. It’s a time when the baby birds are fledging, learning...

Bluebells and Garlic!
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 28th April 2025

If you go down to the woods today – or to wooded parts of Lydiard Park – there are two wild flowers you may well find....

Weasels and Wood Anemones
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 1st April 2025

The March equinox on the 20th of the month marked the point at which the sun crossed the earth’s equator, moving from...

Spring Emerges!
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 14th March 2025

As March arrives, so it feels as though Spring is definitely in the air. However that same air that can feel pleasantly warm...

Snowdrops
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 23rd January 2025

Each January and February the display of snowdrops at Lydiard Park is a spectacle that many people travel miles to see. The...

Family Discovery Trails
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 15th January 2025

Family Discovery Trails Put on your family detective hats and follow our three cartoon trails to explore Lydiard Park,...

The Holly and the Ivy
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 29th November 2024

It’s December and nature in Lydiard Park has its own festive decorations. The European Holly tree with its bright red...

Nature in November
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 28th October 2024

Winter may be coming and we may need to dig out our warm coats for a walk in the park, but there is still plenty to see and...

Fungi in the Lydiard Woodlands
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 25th September 2024

This is the time of year when fungi rules the Lydiard Woods. The word “fungi” is a group of organisms that include yeast...