Nature
May Meadow Flowers At this time of year the cemetery comes alive with meadow flowers and in areas where the flowers are allowed to grow it becomes a feeding ground for flying insects.
There was a heavy snow shower on the morning of Sunday 6th April 2008 and for a brief period, until the sun came out in the afternoon, the cemetery was transformed.
The results of the 2008 Bird Watch have just been published by the RSPB. Almost 400,000 people took part in the survey nationally counting over six million birds.
The primrose is one the first plants to come into bloom after winter and the name comes from ‘prima rosa’ meaning ' first rose'.
Snowdrops, or Galanthus, which means “milk flower”, to give them their correct name, are the classic winter flowering plant, loved by everyone.
Four members of the RSHG Natural History Team took part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch survey on Saturday 26th January 2008 counting the number of birds spotted in Ryde Cemetery.
The new year brought rain but it was still a pleasant and peaceful walk in Ryde Cemetery this morning.
There was a heavy frost in the cemetery yesterday morning and although most of it had melted by the time we met up at 10:30 for our weekly Transcribing session Kate found this beautiful ice cross in a shaped flower holder on one of the graves.
It's November and the large, majestic Deodar Cedar tree in the Cemetery is in flower.
Speckled wood butterflies have brown wings with creamy-yellow spots and a small dark eye spot near the tip of the upper wing. The lower wings have a row of dark brown eye spots. The wingspan is about 50mm.