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Location: Trelusback Farm Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls I had an enjoyable meal with Keith Wilson, Rosie Hadden, Simon Toft and Adrian Spalding at the The Golden Lion Inn and Lakeside Restaurant. Thank you Keith Wilson. It was lovely to see everyone. We had a great time walking around the conservation area of Keith Wilson's Trelusback Farm. The "Scaffold Tower" is already set up near the oak tree. Yessss! Looking forward to our sumer BBQ on the 17th August. Can't wait. Stithian's Lake At The Golden Lion Inn and Lakeside Restaurant Lunch at The Golden Lion Inn and Lakeside Restaurant Trelusback Farm The "Scaffold Tower" is already set up near the oak tree. Yessss! Some of the amazing wildlife in Trelusback Farm.
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Location: North Cornwall Coast Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls The sunset was 9:36pm. Spectacular! Happy summer solstice. SUMMER SOLSTICE is here, meaning people in the Northern Hemisphere will experience the longest day of the year today, Friday, 21 June 2019 - UK will enjoy 16 hours and 38 minutes of daylight. The sun will rise at 4:43am and will set at 9:21pm. The solstice officially marks the beginning of astronomical summer, which ends when the autumn equinox falls on September 23. The summer solstice (or estival solstice), also known as midsummer, occurs when a planet's rotational axis, or geographic pole on either its northern or its southern hemisphere, is most inclined toward the star that it orbits. On the summer solstice, Earth's maximum axial tilt toward the Sun is 23.44°. (Likewise, the Sun's declination from the celestial equator is +23.44° in the Northern Sky and −23.44° in the Southern Sky.) This happens twice each year (once in each hemisphere), when the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the north or south pole. The summer solstice occurs during the hemisphere's summer. This is the northern solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the southern solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. Depending on the shift of the calendar, the summer solstice occurs sometime between June 20 and June 22 in the Northern Hemisphere and between December 20 and December 23 each year in the Southern Hemisphere. The same dates in the opposite hemisphere are referred to as the winter solstice. As seen from a geographic pole, the Sun reaches its highest altitude of the year on the summer solstice. It can be solar noon only along that longitude, which at that moment lies in the direction of the Sun from the pole. For other longitudes, it is not noon. Noon has either passed or has yet to come. Hence the notion of a solstice day is useful. The term is colloquially used like "midsummer" to refer to the day on which solstice occurs. The summer solstice day has the longest period of daylight, except in the polar regions, where daytime remains continuous for 24 hours every day during a period ranging from a few days to six months around the summer solstice. 2016 was the first time in nearly 70 years that a full moon and the Northern Hemisphere's summer solstice concur on the same day. The 2016 summer solstice's full moon rose just as the Sun set. Worldwide, interpretation of the event has varied among cultures, but most recognize the event in some way with holidays, festivals, and rituals around that time with themes of religion or fertility. In some regions, the summer solstice is seen as the beginning of summer and the end of spring. In other cultural conventions, the solstice is closer to the middle of summer. Solstice is derived from the Latin words sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still Spectacular sunset on Summer Solstice. Watching the sunset. Surrounded by the gorgeous poppies. Photographing the gorgeous poppies. The most beautiful poppy field.
Date: Saturday, 22 June 2019, 10:00am to 5:00pm Location: St Austell Town Centre Save the date for St Austell's annual Garden Festival showcasing our local famous Cornish gardens, our fabulous local attractions and facilities and our grassroots community groups. All are welcome to come to the centre of St Austell for a day of all things gardening and to celebrate our fresh green future!  Location: Portmellon Valley Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Had an enjoyable and fun-filled time doing the Butterfly Transect. The weather had been lovely: a little bit warm with a some sunny spells and a gentle breeze. Butterflies Dragonfly and Damselfly Bee and Solitary Wasp Fungi Wildflowers Location: Portmellon Valley Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls It's been an enjoyable and successful Butterfly Transect Training with Jeremy, Harriet, Walter, Michelle, Gordon and Jackie. We've seen quite a few species despite the weather. Butterflies, Moths and Bees Dragonfly and Damselfly Butterfly Transect Training Lower Portmellon Valley Portmellon Beach
Location: Breney Common Nature Reserve Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls It has been a successful and enjoyable day. It’s lovely to see you Phillip HarrisDel Netherton and Dave Conway. It’s just amazing to see loads of wildlife species with knowledgeable people. I always learn a lot of stuff. * Butterflies: 21x Marsh Fritillary, 34x Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 11x Speckled Wood, 17x Common Blue, 8x Small Heath, 3x Red Admiral, 2x Green Hairstreak, 2x Small Copper, 1x Small White & 1x Holy Blue * Moths: Speckled Yellow, Mother Shipton, China-mark, Cream Wave, White Wave, Silver Y & a lot more… * Caterpillars: Orange Tip & Emperor Moth * Chrysalis: Six-spot Burnet Moth * Dragonflies: Golden-ringed, Southern Hawker, Four-spotted Chaser & a lot more… * Damselflies: Beautiful, Large Red, Azure, Common Blue and a lot more… * Dragonfly Nymph * Birds: Cuckoo, Buzzard, Raven, Heron and a lot more… * Wildflowers: Loads of Orchids, Monk’s Hood/Wolf’s Bane, Cow Parsley, Cuckoo Flower, Foxglove, Bluebell, Field Scabious, Bird’s Foot Trefoil, Ragged Robin, Campion, Forget-Me-Not, Cowslip, Violet, Sundews & a lot more… * Beetles: Seven-spotted Ladybird * Amphibians: Common Frog * Crickets & Grasshoppers * Fungi The rare Marsh Fritillary Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Green Hairstreak, Small Heath, Speckled Wood, Common Blue & Small Copper Moths Orange Tip and Emperor Moth Caterpillar Six-spot Burnet Moth Chrysalis Seven-spotted Ladybird, Four-spotted Chaser & Dragonfly Nymph Fungi Wild Orchids Rowena Castillo Nicholls, Rob Nicholls, Phillip Harris, Del Netherton and Dave Conway
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