It's the end of November, and as we pass from autumn into winter most of our trees have shed their leaves and look a bit sorry for themselves. But if you peek beyond the bare branches and the leaden skies you'll still find patches of colour and variety and unmistakable signs that spring is just around the corner. Just two months to go before we start seeing blossom again! We've spent a few days walking around the neighbourhood in the past month, taking pictures of interesting

In this blog Herne Hill Tree Watch is doing a little bit of amateur phenology. That's the science of changes that plants and animals...

This has been a pretty unusual spring, weatherwise. Apart from the unseasonal cold, the serious lack of rain week after week has been bad...