Peony (Paeonia)

Slow-growing but rewarding, peonies are aristocratic plants with a brief but keenly anticipated flowering in late spring to early summer. Bowl-shaped, white, cream, pink, yellow or red flowers, often spicily scented, are either loosely crammed with petals or more open. Extract taken from: RHS Gardening Images By CRUSH Photography© Views: 50

Extracts from “RSPB Notes On Nature”

RSPB say: “For many of us, September heralds the end of the summer holidays and a return to the regular rhythms of life. It’s also a time of transition in nature, as summer visitors like Swallows leave our shores and other birds return. ‘Eurasian Jay’ Image by CRUSH Photography ‘Eurasian Jay’ Image by CRUSH Photography ‘Eurasian Jay’ Image...

GOLDFINCH – Carduelis Carduelis (UK)

Seed-eating specialists with a bright red face. Goldfinches are perfectly adapted to access food other birds can’t reach and feed on seeds within thistles and teasels. What do goldfinches look like? Adult goldfinches have a distinctive red face with a black cap and black around the eyes. The beak is short and powerful. Juveniles have a drabber, brown-grey face. The wings are...

The Wren is a tiny brown bird, although it is heavier and not as slim as the even smaller Goldcrest

A tiny brown bird, the Wren is dumpy, almost rounded, with a fine bill, quite long legs and toes, very short round wings and a short, narrow tail which is sometimes cocked up vertically. For such a small bird it has a remarkably loud voice. The Wren is one of our most widespread breeding birds, found in all but some of the most remote and high-altitude parts of the...