Nature Diary

The journal
hedgehog
Nature Diary

Nature Diary – October

Brother Andy’s October nature diary shares sightings of fieldfares, stinkhorns, fallow deer and a biblical thunderstorm.
A pair of otters sunbathing
Nature Diary

Nature Diary – September

Otters, kingfisher and a heron feature in Brother Andy’s September nature diary
Cinnabar moth caterpillar
Nature Diary

Nature Diary – July

Who are the Prince, the Blusher and the Charcoal Burner? Brother Andy will educate you on this and more, in our July nature diary.
A Hummingbird Hawk-moth sipping nectar
Nature Diary

Nature Diary – June

Brother Andy gives an update on the wild abundance of life at Skanda Vale this June.
A statue of Guru Sri Subramanium at his Samadhi site
Nature Diary

Nature Diary – May 2020

Our monthly update on the birds, bees, plants and trees at Skanda Vale Ashram.
Wren
Nature Diary

Nature Diary: April

Our monthly update on the birds, bees, plants and trees at Skanda Vale Ashram.
A statue of Guru Sri Subramanium with magnolias in the background
Nature Diary

Nature Diary: March

At dawn the valley becomes filled with song, predominantly song thrushes joined occasionally by blackbirds, nuthatches and chiffchaffs (recently flown in from Africa). As you go up Monk’s Walk, wood pigeons coo in the trees.
Nuthatch
Nature Diary

Nature Diary – February

The very first signs of Spring are starting to appear at Skanda Vale.
Read More

Search Skanda Vale

First time visitor?