Bluebells and Garlic!
If you go down to the woods today – or to wooded parts of Lydiard Park – there are two wild flowers you may well find....
The Yellow Month
March is the month when Spring arrives and nature starts to emerge from its winter sleep. Yellow is the signature colour of...
The Park Landscape in February
The Winter months, when the trees are leafless, the vegetation has died back and the frost sharpens the outlines of the...
The Last Lord's Nature Notes for January
Vernon, 6th Lord Bolingbroke, was a well-known naturalist. During 1967 he contributed short articles to the Ringwood and...
Nature Watch
Each season at the park brings its own delights. In the winter it may seem as though the park is sleeping but there is still...
Fungi in the Lydiard Woodlands
This is the time of year when fungi rules the Lydiard Woods. The word “fungi” is a group of organisms that include yeast...
Heritage Apples!
On 10th September, Swindon Borough Council and the Friends of Lydiard Park are holding a Heritage Apple Day in the walled...
Swans on the lake
Three species of swan live in the UK but it is the mute swan that is a year-round resident and most likely to be found on...
June brings wildlife and wildflowers
The long sunny days and short nights of June abound with wildlife. It’s a time when the baby birds are fledging, learning...
After the Spring Equinox
The March equinox on the 20th of the month marked the point at which the sun crossed the earth’s equator, moving from...