Friday’s Phrase

By: Blonde Two

For this week’s Friday’s phrase we have a little lesson in species for you… one of these animals is not the same as the others!… Read full article

Tuesday’s Ten – Things our outdoor spaces might like to say to us…

By: Blonde Two

Although we Blondes believe firmly in the importance of spending time outside, we also understand that any time we spend in the outdoors has an… Read full article

A new way to Get Outside: the singing forager experience

By: Blonde Two

Autumn is a great time for foraging but it is important to learn from experts how to forage safely. Once you have learnt, you will… Read full article

The humble tormentil

By: Blonde One

The humble tormentil is a common inhabitant of Dartmoor’s moorland. It is a simple yellow flower with four petals that is probably ignored or unnoticed… Read full article

Dartmoor flowers

By: Blonde One

We have often shown you the beauty of Dartmoor’ flowers: particularly the gorse and heather that provide a fantastic floral carpet. On our walk up… Read full article

Tuesday’s Ten – Types of Jellyfish

By: Blonde Two

As previously recorded, I am not a jellyfish fan but I do (when I am out of the water) have some distant admiration for the… Read full article

The Big Butterfly Count

By: Blonde Two

Can you spot the butterfly in my picture above? No, me neither but he, and his friends, were there. Peacock butterflies I think but I… Read full article

Observable Porpoises

By: Blonde Two

Online reviews are funny things. Sometimes useful, sometimes misleading and sometimes downright unkind. I’m not sure why I was reading reviews about Ullapool in Scotland… Read full article

Monday Mashup

By: Blonde Two

The picture on B1 at the top of this post was taken in Bellever Forest, which is managed by the Forestry Commission. If you like… Read full article

Dartmoor Bird Nesting

By: Blonde One

It’s at this time of year that Dartmoor begins to get busy. People, wildlife and vegetation all begin to feel that sense of optimism and… Read full article

Tuesday’s Ten – Things You Might not Know about Trees

By: Blonde Two

An arboreal Tuesday’s Ten this week, mainly brought on by my searches for a silver birch tree to grace my back garden. Trees give us so… Read full article

Fat Pigeon – Garden World Cup

By: Blonde Two

Did you know that all wood pigeons, when they coo, are actually having an argument? I tell you, it’s true; their discussion goes something like… Read full article