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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...

September Fruits and Flowers
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 29th August 2024

As we celebrate the fruits of autumn in Lydiard's walled garden, a recent browse through Lady Johanna's 17th-Century recipe...

Butterflies at Lydiard all through August
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 28th July 2024

Vernon St John, 6th Viscount Bolingbroke, was a keen naturalist and entomologist. He started collecting and studying...

Lydiard Park's Cygnets on the Lake
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 25th July 2024

We are delighted to say that as of the middle of July, our Lydiard cygnets are growing rapidly, and are spending a lot of...

The Red Kite
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 26th June 2024

The sight of a majestic Red Kite soaring over Swindon, Lydiard Park and the surrounding countryside is now quite familiar....

June brings wildlife and wildflowers
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 31st May 2024

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 March 2024

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
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 28th February 2024

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
Category: Lydiard Outdoors Articles Published on: 29th January 2024

The Winter months, when the trees are leafless, the vegetation has died back and the frost sharpens the outlines of the...