Forgive me for this extremely short and hastily written article but this is an emergency “mission of mercy”. Many of us here in the UK are concerned about government plans to set in motion a badger cull due to a major epidemic of bovine tuberculosis which is supposedly spread from the migration of badgers.

Having rediscovered some of my childhood favourite wild flowers - the campion, the scarlet pimpernel, speedwell and the bachelors button - on a recent walk in the country in Norfolk UK, I was amazed to find some delicate little wild pansies tangled into the undergrowth

This sunflower is actually growing in my next door neighbour’s garden. Poor Peter – every year he plants sunflowers so the finches get a good feed when the seeds form, but, every year without fail the flowers refuse to point out into his garden where he gets full sun, but seem to prefer our more shady garden