A Little Grebe – the fast-sinking redneck
It’s always amused me that the Orcadian name for the Little Grebe is Little Footy Arse. It’s such a great descriptive name. …
It’s always amused me that the Orcadian name for the Little Grebe is Little Footy Arse. It’s such a great descriptive name. …
This Black Headed Gull has flown through a spider’s web and is trailing fine filaments behind it in this low evening sunshine. …
I’m watching a Nuthatch come in to a forest clearing in Italy and pick up sunflower seeds. They are quick. There must …
It’s beautiful light in the forest as a Blue Tit approaches: They have a very familiar wide-legged stance. Perfect.
There’s a Great Spotted Woodpecker in this Italian forest. I hear the cry “Picchio Rosso Maggiore” and see it approach: This woodpecker’s …
The views of Kingfishers I’ve had before were fleeting. A brief glimpse of a flash of a bluish-emerald jewel disappearing over the …
We’re at a nature reserve in Italy, a WWF Oasi called the Lago di Alviano. There are European Robins here and they’re …
It’s still early when we reach the lake at the Lago di Alviano. It’s a place of mists and muffled sounds. There’s …
There’s a Grey Heron incoming: I just hope it avoids the unsuspecting Pochard sleeping on the lake: And as soon as it’s …
We’ve taken a trip to Alviano to see the birds in the forest and on the lake. We had a fabulous time …
I’m back on the banks of the River Tevere in Rome. It’s teeming with wildlife, despite the hard landscaping and high banks …
I’m spending a few days exploring the urban wildlife of Rome. I’m in the centre of the city, on the River Tevere, …
I’m walking along the River Tiber in the centre of Rome. There’s an upturned boat in the water with a Yellow Legged …
I’m walking down a city centre street in Rome. It’s November and it’s 20 degrees Celsius. It’s forecast to be blue skies …
I’m spending a few days in Rome. I’m meandering around the back streets, ambling through city parks and strolling along the banks …
There are many brightly coloured species of fungi in Yarner Woods. These are all Russulas, to use their scientific name, or Brittlegills …
There are Cherry Galls, Cynips quercusfolii, on this fallen Oak leaf. Inside each are tiny wasp larvae, protected by the Oak’s reaction to …
There’s only one species of Nuthatch in the UK, the Eurasian or European Nuthatch, Sitta europaea, and it only lives in England and Wales …
It’s been a cold night and there’s an unexpected frost with this clear blue sky. There’s a Grey Squirrel above me. Instead …
Robins. Humans love them. We’ve developed a whole mythology around them and they form an essential part of our mid-winter iconography. We …
There’s a Blackbird skulking and hopping around the path. I love them. If someone tells you they are plain birds, don’t agree …
It’s a beautiful morning in my local country park. I see another photographer and we exchange pleasantries. He says it’s much better …
The ground on Trendlebere Down is full of surprises at this time of year. In amongst the understory of bracken and bilberries …
It doesn’t look like much. After all, it’s just a bulge on a stalk of a leaf, scattered on the pavement in …
I joined my local Natural History Society when I was 11 or 12 years old. It was full of retired men who …
Oak trees are our most common native tree. They host hundreds of species of insects because they’ve had the time to develop …
English Oaks take 40 years to produce their first acorns and don’t reach ‘peak acorn’ until they are 100 years old.
I’m looking for a fungus. It’s not just any fungus, it’s a parasitic fungus which grows on another fungus. I’ve seen it …