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Kangaroo Island - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Kangaroo Island – New Zealand Fur Seals

“Kangaroo Island. Too good to spoil.” That’s what the Australian Government’s Natural Resources website says. “Keep Kangaroo Island free from introduced pests. …

Kangaroos and Koalas - The Hall of Einar

Kangaroo Island – Kangaroos and Koalas

“Kangaroo Island. Too good to spoil.” That’s what the Australian Government’s Natural Resources website says. Kangaroo Island is home to 4,000 people. …

Kestrel - Parco della Caffarella - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Chasing Common Kestrels

Arriving in the park I see a male Common Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus. I think it may have a couple of ticks on …

Monk Parakeet - Caffarella - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Monk Parakeets at home

These Monk Parakeets are making themselves at home: They’ve spread in many European countries because of escapes from the pet trade. Their …

Stoat - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Emsworthy Mire Revisited

I try my luck again to get some decent photographs of the Ring Ouzels at Emsworthy Mire. I have a large flask …

Limpets - Westray - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Home Scar

Limpets are incredible organisms. They can withstand the heaviest seas, can live despite being baked by the sun and desiccated on hard …

Westray - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Seasons

It’s the middle of winter. It’s time to rest and appreciate another year gone. It’s time to see distant family members, or …

Diadem Spider - Bovey Heath - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Diadem Spider

I’m at Bovey Heathfield. It’s not quite Dartmoor and the heath is a lowland heath. There are plenty of spiders blocking the …

You’re Next

I’ve collaborated with the musician John Bentley to create this video for his song ‘You’re Next’. It’s a song-list of extinct species, …

Shaggy Parasol - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Shaggy Parasols at Emsworthy Mire

There are Parasol mushrooms in the fields at Emsworthy Mire. They are huge, but not as huge as the dinner-plate sized Macrolepiota …

Emsworthy Mire - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Lone Trees on Dartmoor

A walk from Emsworthy Mire. Dartmoor is an impressive landscape of human destruction. It’s been cut and burnt and grazed. And thousands …

Ring Ouzel - Emsworthy Mire - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Ring Ouzels at Emsworthy Mire

I’ve heard there are Ring Ouzels at Emsworthy Mire. Ring Ouzels are thrushes which nest on high moors and upland crags in …

Waxcap - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Waxcaps on the wane

We’re on a trip to north Devon, near Lynmouth, on an organised fungus foray. I’m particularly excited about the grassland here as …

Beech leaves - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Beeches on the turn

Trees have hormones just like people. As the length of days shorten, so leaves produce less of a hormone called auxin. That …

Oudmansiella mucida - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Porcelain fungus

I stop the car in a small valley on Dartmoor. There’s an enormous fallen Beech tree and it’s covered with fungi. Glistening …

Sunset - Bovey Heath - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Sunset at Bovey Heathfield

I’ve finally managed to have a trip out to Bovey Heath. It’s a tiny remnant of the heathland which would have covered …

Bridford Wood - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Dunsford Wood

Dunsford Wood is almost empty. It’s raining and only a few intrepid dog walkers are emptying their dogs along the River Teign. …

Horse Chestnuts - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Horse Chestnuts

There’s something of the Medieval torture instrument about conkers. There’s that casing which looks as if it should be attached to a …