Yes, the hours of daylight are getting longer and colour will soon be returning to our gardens, bringing pleasure to us and vital food...

This year’s RSPB weekend Birdwatch occurred on January 29th – 31st and the organiser’s hopes were that more than last year’s 250,000 ...

Catch up with the many activities of WildCookham over the past year.

I had to go up into the roof of our house the other day. It’s an old building and up there I had a fresh look at the timbers used to...

December was a dark month for bumblebees. They spent most of their time sleeping in hibernation mode, living off their store of body fat, q

Twelfth night seems hardly a jot behind us and we have seen the sickle of frost threatening anything we forgot to secure in our...

Bumblebees evolved in the Himalayas, with a heat-conserving shape, a thick fur coat, and a way to raise their body temperature in cold weath

We are quickly approaching the next national Big Garden Birdwatch, organised by the RSPB, and registration to take part commenced on 9th Dec

WildCookham now has its very own podcast. Thanks to local resident/musician/songwriter Rob Castell, Wildcast hits the airwaves every...

We cannot predict the weather that is heading our way this month but we can prepare to support any queen bumblebee that is tempted by a...

The lockdown has had one big benefit for those of us lucky enough to have a garden. We’ve been able to spend more time there and, for...

A Wild Maidenhead/WildCookham webinar - Wednesday 4th November, 7.30pm Fungi are extraordinary - they are not built of cells and tissue,...

We could be forgiven for thinking that bumblebees will be relaxing as the year comes to an end and the broods have left the nests but we...

While the sun shines and the rain is not too heavy, bumblebees will be around where there are flowers that need to be pollinated and food...

Our first WildCookham outing for a long time saw a small group gather in Strand Lane for a circular walk around the Greenway and the paddock

It’s difficult to avoid the news about biodiversity loss and the destruction of the habitats on which our wildlife depends. We are right...

Among all the bad things that the Corona virus has brought us, it has resulted in people spending more time in our local countryside. The...

In some respects, bumblebees are more visible in the autumn because there are many more males about. They are produced towards the end of...

Anyone who walks past a Lavender bush these days will get the impression that the bumblebees are panic buying. It is a very busy time...

There’s no such thing as a free lunch. A truism that we are coming to understand as we humans realise the environmental and climate costs...