Read More“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.”
Mustelid Magic
Read More“Whilst I was quietly confident that birds would use it fairly quickly for bathing and preening, there was one visitor that I could never have really expected to show up, nor so promptly. The visitor in question arrived almost immediately after the pond was first filled and frequently returned for refreshment in the forthcoming days.”
Autumn Reflection
Read More“With many birds, the males tend to gain a significantly larger share of the attention, thanks to in most cases their more elaborate colouration. In this instance, it was the beauty of the females that struck me. Understated in comparison perhaps, but as striking and compelling a bird as I had seen in some time.”
Summertime Splendour
Read More“The Hogweed Bonking Beetle. Otherwise known as the Red Soldier Beetle, this charismatic, elegant little bug swarms over Hogweed flowers at this time of year to reproduce, spending very little time doing anything else in fact.”