Kittiwake in winter
There’s a beautiful gull with a yellow beak in Brixham harbour. I can see it diving and fishing in the distance. I …
There’s a beautiful gull with a yellow beak in Brixham harbour. I can see it diving and fishing in the distance. I …
This Blue Tit is a thrill in this light: It has a wonderful crest with a beautiful powder blue iridescence. Blue Tits …
Chaffinches are one of my favourite birds. I’ve taken many photographs of them and blogged about them before. Here’s my most recent …
I’m working at the moment, so time is precious, and every moment of light is a marvel in these dark, short days. …
There’s a Common Guillemot in Brixham, just off the breakwater. It takes a while to get a shot of one. I have …
A joyous trip to Brixham breakwater was rewarded with a procession of diving Northern Gannets. Marvellous, aren’t they?
I’ve seen Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus, before, in Italy. I’ve heard that there’s one in Paignton at the playing fields and so …
Chanterelles are delicious. Firm-fleshed, beautifully orange and occasionally smelling fruity, similar to apricots, they are a delight to find. I love them …
A small trip out and there’s the joy of changeable weather, with an intense rainbow. These Black-Headed Gulls were perched on the …
A trip to London and a cold walk around Hyde Park. There are Snowdrops amongst the fallen leaves. Small green reminders of …
I love the colours of this tree along the River Tevere in Rome. It looks like a Plane tree, familiar from the …
Returning to a chatting Stonechat. They really do love the highest perches available.
It’s one of the most important plants ever known to humans. It’s the Cork Oak, Quercus suber. It’s a beautiful medium-sized tree …
If I had a spirit animal it would be a Hen Harrier. I love to see them. They appear, they go; they …
Hooded Crows are far more sociable birds than Carrion Crows. Here in Rome we can see 300 of them in an evening …
I think I know what left this behind: Yes, there’s one now. Massive, aren’t they? I love their delicate trotters. Humans captured …
Black Redstarts are lively. More lively than me this morning. They’re flitting in an elaborate pattern across the scrub in this park …
Three Common Pochard fly across the lake. They make a lovely pattern against the azure Italian sky. There are two males and …
Crows are some of the most observant and attentive of birds. They are quick to calculate the opportunities and find avoiding dangers …
It’s the evening and a single young Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus is doing its thing in the lake. It’s beautiful, ungainly, magical, and …
Urban Starlings. Winter. Rome. A park. All the perfect ingredients.
There’s a flash of electric blue and a Kingfisher arrows past on its intensely important mission. Coots beware!
I had great fun with this pair of Common Kestrels in Rome last year. They were an endearing couple. The tree in …
Much of the nature I’ve enjoyed in Devon this year has been close to home. It’s been a short walk or cycle …
Looking back at my blogs from 2021 it’s clear that I had some great wildlife experiences and managed to document many of …
I had a wonderful time on Westray in Orkney in 2021. The Puffins returned to breed and provided constant entertainment with their …
2021 was another year spent on-hold, waiting with awful music playing, and the same repeated message, with no guarantee that I would …
There are only a few Swallows left in Italy in November, so it was fascinating to see Starlings taking their place as …
The last time I saw a Marsh Harrier it was a perfect silhouette against the light and gave me no chance to …
These yellow feet are very distinctive. They belong to a Little Egret, Egretta garzetta. They enjoy paddling in the water. I don’t …