Hitchin Cemetery Wildlife January to March 2022
Hitchin Cemetery Wildlife January - March 2022 January A quiet time of year, except if you are a bird, with Green Woodpeckers, Robins and Blackbirds busy feeding... One of the first cemetery plants to be in flower is the Winter Aconite, looking particularly lovely in the sunlight ... There is the occasional bug to see, with the lovely Juniper Shieldbug which overwinters as an adult and is found in the ornamental Cypress trees. A new Bee Hotel has been installed, tucked on the back wall of the cemetery, behind a bit of railing to stop it getting accidentally knocked... February Some high winds caused many broken branches and sadly brought down a Silver Birch tree near the chapel which was very quickly tidied away by the council. The Winter Aconites are still flowering along with Snowdrops and there are "winding lanes" of Crocus in their thousands. Make date in your diary for next February to see them for yourself. The low sun adds to the moodiness of the cemetery and an u