The Third Ladybird Book of British Birds – #4 The Coal Tit
A pair of Coal Tits had the largest number of bird fleas ever reported from a single nest: that’s 5,754 fleas.
A pair of Coal Tits had the largest number of bird fleas ever reported from a single nest: that’s 5,754 fleas.
We’ve killed over one in three Meadow Pipits in the UK in the last 45 years.
Redshanks declined by 38% from 1995 to 2015.
The birds of my childhood books have been almost eliminated from the British countryside in my lifetime.
There’s a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly which has settled in front of me: I’m thrilled because I hardly ever see them. I took …
Leafing through my childhood scrapbooks I come across a drawing of a Common Seal. It has all the characteristics of a Common …
It’s taken me a while to identify this beetle I saw in Italy this summer. It really shouldn’t have taken me this …
Whenever I see Shelducks walking and eating in the mud I wish I could join them. Well, the walking bit anyway. Maybe …
Here’s a Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) from this summer: They get better the closer you look: If you have any children in …
A quick trip out to one of the bridges on Brunel’s Great Western Railway in South Devon means a great view of …
Our UK Swallows are known as Barn Swallows in the USA. It’s a good name because they love nesting in barns. Here’s …
Can you remember the last time you spent a day without drinking water? Without cleaning your teeth? Without washing your dishes? Without …
There’s a plant which normally grows in a place which is at the end of our walk. I’ve been looking forward to …
There’s a group of five Gadwall making a racket as they fly in ridiculously close formation at RSPB Ham Wall. Close up …
The Long Tailed Tit’s name is misleading. Just because its name is ‘tit’ people always assume that it’s related to the Blue …
The tiny hooks on the ends of Burdock burrs are waiting patiently for me to brush past them. Why use the wind …
Hawthorn – one of the gifts of autumn.
Have you ever had a close look at a Woodpigeon? They are such extreme birds. Just look at those strange features: Now …
There are Starlings in the sky. Their plumage sparkles like stars that twinkle in the daytime. Their green and purple iridescence is …
Back in July I saw a wader on the rocky coast. I didn’t recognise it so I knew I had to get …
Exhibit A: The Red-Crested Pochard: Surely this one takes the biscuit for the most ridiculous duck in the UK? The UK breeding …
When a Hen Harrier came to visit
My adventures on the fifth of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the four-and-a-half-th of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the fourth of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the third of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the second of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the first of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
I’m wandering the shore at Kirkwall Harbour for an hour before the ferry takes me to Westray. I’m loving the complex singing …
I’m back in the UK after a trip to Italy looking for Little Owls. We didn’t see them apart from a brief …