Early evening on Saturday 20 September this bird settled on a headstone in Ryde Cemetery and let me take its photograph.
The September Nature Diary has been added to the website,
click on the link below to view.
We were rather late doing the Nature walk this month due to the bad weather. Maisie, Kate and Diana took advantage of the beautiful day last Saturday to finally get it done. The theme this month is definitely fruits with many of the bushes and shrubs heavy with berries – Holly, Hawthorn, Ivy, Elder, Privet,
Mr Edward Tom Ward first set up his bicycle making business in Ryde around 1878.
As part of National Heritage Open Days, Ryde Social Heritage Group will be holding two open days in Ryde Cemetery on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September.
The August Nature Diary has been added to the website, click on the link below to view.
Diana and I braved the elements on the evening of Tuesday 12 August to update the nature Diary for August. It had been raining and blowing a near gale all day but luckily for us the evening did at least keep dry. There was not much new to report this month but besides the wild flowers
Sir Thomas Acquin Martin and his wife Sarah have a really beautiful memorial, in the shape of an angel and a cross, in the Catholic Section of Ryde Cemetery.