It’s from the 6th or 7th Century. It’s carved in sandstone and was excavated by amateurs in 1936 from the ruins of a broch, the Knowe of Burrian in Harray in Orkney. It is in the Orkney Museum. It’s an image of Haliaeetus albicilla, the White-Tailed Eagle and not an …
I’m walking through the industrial estate next to the River Teign again when I spot a patch of Wild Daffodils, Narcissus pseudonarcissus. …
The Magpies are busy. It’s spring and they’re toiling building a nest. Last year they built two nests, yet despite all the …
There’s a Shag on the River Teign. It’s working its way upstream. I have to walk briskly to the next position I …
House Sparrows are exotic. Just look at this male: They’re now so unusual that people often ask what they are, not knowing …
There’s a Carrion Crow on this security floodlight on my local industrial estate. I can just see it as I poke my …
On my walk through the local industrial estate I spotted a Magpie. I thought the complexity of this graphic image was just …
I love collecting books. There’s a lifetime of escaping to alternative worlds within the covers of a good book. One of the …
I’ve just picked up the third volume of the Ladybird Book of British Birds and their nests from the 1950s again. Today …
There’s a Common Sandpiper on the River Teign. I can’t get close to it, though. I had much better views previously: I’ll …
I’ve not been out of the house for a few days. I’ve been sitting in listening to the spout of water coming …
There are puddles all along the footpath on the River Teign past the scrap metal works. This male Blackbird is making full …
As a child, did you watch shadows? Did you strain to see them move as the Earth turned? Did you see how …
The territorial squabbling continues: It’s nearly frisky time for this Robin. And it needs all the neighbours to know about it. What …
On a previous walk through the industrial estate I met a couple who said they’d seen a Buzzard at the waterworks on …
A Dunnock babbling is a beautiful sound.
The reflections of the bridge across the River Lemon make wonderful dancing patterns around this Black-Headed Gull.
There’s a plant I think I recognise on the industrial estate. It’s Butterbur; except it isn’t. The flowers look right but they’re …
Hello and welcome to my Sunday Recommendation. Thanks for joining me. Every week I read great wildlife and nature books, stumble upon …
This year I haven’t been able to travel onto Dartmoor to see the Daffodil display at Dunsford Wood. They grow in profusion …
Gulls always look great against urban backdrops and bright colours. I photographed Herring Gulls on Bristol’s docks and loved the results. In …
There’s a Jackdaw on the picnic lawn at Decoy Country Park. They’re endlessly entertaining, intelligent and wary. I’m waiting for it take …
This is one of my favourite photographs: Why? I like the shape of the body against the negative space which surrounds it …
Old Man’s Beard is a plant I’ve never consciously seen in flower before. I’m determined to look for it this summer. I’ve …
Hello and welcome to my Sunday Recommendation. Thanks for joining me. Every week I read great wildlife and nature books, stumble upon …
It’s raining so we take shelter under the bridge. No, not the multi-million pound club in the grounds of Chelsea Football Club; …
As we walk through the industrial estate I see a small, very cute, brown face with whiskers staring out of the undergrowth. …
Today, chronicling the difficulty of repairing things. I’m attempting to consume less, yet I’m finding the rest of society isn’t organised to …
Beautiful, isn’t it? Recognise it? It’s Ivy. It flowers when little else does and provides an essential stop-gap of nectar. It has …
We amble down to Newton Abbot Quay. There’s a raucous squabble under the bridge as Black Headed Gulls compete for food. “Look …