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May 2023
May came galloping in, bringing appalling weather, floods a plenty, cold nights, No Mow May, Dawn chorus Day, Flower Moon, Beltane, (or...
Jul 21, 2023
April 2023
April was a month of waiting; for the weather to change, to cut the grass, to plant out the first of the Spring vegetables, to feel the...
Jun 14, 2023
March 2023
The sporadic moments of warmth we had in February which held such promise for March, quickly faded away as the bitter, cold weather...
May 6, 2023
February 2023
I love this time of year. The energy stirring underfoot, snowdrops and daffodils out in full force, birdsong increasing, the tunes...
Mar 30, 2023
January 2023
"The river is A frozen place Held still beneath The trees of lace. The sky is low, The wind is gray, (sic) The radiator, Purrs all day"....
Mar 11, 2023
December 2022
I left the month of November fearing about the warmth of our Winter, and then December arrived and with it the cold, the hail and the...
Feb 8, 2023
November 2022
The rains came to visit and then decided to stay. Lots of rain, lots of sun, lots of rainbows, with warm days and mild nights. Storms...
Jan 6, 2023
October 2022
Early in the month, on the bank of the river at dusk, we made a recording of birdsong and to my delight there were many more birds around...
Dec 6, 2022
September 2022
How about this as something to celebrate - one of the RSPB founders, Emily Williamson, launched a campaign in 1889 to end the slaughter...
Nov 16, 2022
August 2022
By the end of August the UK had entered a 'False Autumn', brought about by the extreme weather conditions that had occurred during July...
Nov 2, 2022
July 2022
I looked up the blog for July 2022 and the first paragraph pointed out the obvious signs of climate breakdown staring us in the face with...
Sep 27, 2022
June 2022
Once again the month was described by the MET Office as 'mostly quiet and uneventful'. It doesn't fit the description of the month we...
Sep 3, 2022
May 2022
According to the MET Office, May came with a quiet and uneventful set of weather. Down here on the Lizard, it felt much better than that....
Aug 7, 2022
April 2022
Keats referred to the Bluebell, (or Wild Hyacinth), as ‘Saphire Queen of the mid-May’ but with the changing weather patterns and warmer...
Jun 13, 2022
March 2022
Although the first half of the month was unsettled in its weather, it had none of the drama of February. In general, the days were mild...
May 10, 2022
February 2020
It was a very dramatic month in terms of weather. It was the mildest February since 1884, (MET Office) but had far more rainfall than...
Mar 21, 2022
January 2022
January 2022 The winds blew hard on New Year’s Eve and gifted us with a wild night and a roaring campfire but we woke to the warmest of...
Mar 1, 2022
December 2021
Our December was mild despite Storm Barra arriving on the first day of the month. Ireland and the North of England were hit badly with up...
Feb 18, 2022
November 2021
The weather remained mild and settled for most of the month with a visit from Storm Arwen in the last week, which devastated the North of...
Jan 7, 2022
October 2021
According to the trusty MET Office, the weather for this month was dreary, damp and unsettled. Here on The Lizard, we had many misty...
Dec 8, 2021
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