Countryside view with fields, hedgerows and trees.

ABOUT

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Hello

This blog is about the natural environment around Greenwood House in Charlton Down, Dorset, where I have lived a quiet and inauspicious life for over 20 years. I am often out and about with my camera recording what I see and observing the constant changes brought about by the weather, the seasons, and land management. I am curious about the history of the building, the village, and the surrounding areas too. Greenwood House has a fascinating history. GREENWOOD blog is a sort of diary to share my enthusiasm for living here by posting lots of photographs, together with snippets of information about all sorts of things that might interest other residents.

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About Me

I’m Jessica. I am enthusiastic about natural history – the kind that exists right on my doorstep – and I love sharing photographs of the wildlife and landscapes that I see as I go out walking from home on a day to day basis. I have been able to indulge my interest in both nature and photography since I retired to a quiet country village after a patchwork career involving different aspects of both nature and history, that included working in a museum natural history department (picture on the left from 50 years ago), a freshwater ecology research laboratory, and as a consultant in archaeomalacology.

I also write Jessica’s Nature Blog and Oysters etc.