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Welcome to my natural history blog. Follow my journey as I attempt to translate a flurry of field snaps and scribblings into the latest instalment of The Ranger Diaries.

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The List Goes Ever On

Nick Wilson-Smith February 16, 2025

“It has been almost three years to the day since we moved into our new home and the obsessive naturalist in me has kept a species list for the garden since day one. Looking over it recently, I am slightly taken aback by the length and breadth of it so I thought it might be worth sharing my findings, three years on from acquiring a garden full of potential, but one crying out for some positive adjustments.”

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Tags garden, wildlifegarden, badger, foxcub, invertebrates, trees, hedges, tawnyowl, plants, redkite, naturediary, blog
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An Unlikely Acquaintance

Nick Wilson-Smith May 19, 2022

“The clear-cut winner of this months’ star of the show award is a peaceful alliance between two of the most captivating mammals you will find on these shores.”

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Tags garden, wildlifegarden, newts, pond, fox, hedgehog, nestboxes, birds, naturediary, blog
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Creating Newtopia

Nick Wilson-Smith March 24, 2022

“Just last week though, it was a new discovery at that same Badgers watering hole that had me equally as excited as that day back in early December when I first noticed the pond being used.“

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Tags newts, palmate, pond, garden, wildlifegarden, dunnock, bullfinch, foraging, redkite, naturediary, blog
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