Destruction
This was one of my favourite places for wildlife. Whether it’s standing entranced, listening to the pure pulsating power of a Wren …
Return to Daisy Nook
In a time before the lockdown I visited Daisy Nook Country Park. It’s in Failsworth, which is a great place to have …
The Darkling Thrush
There’s a Song Thrush singing high above. It’s getting dark and I can just glimpse it through the branches. It’s hard to …
The First Ladybird Book of British Birds – #11 The Song Thrush
I’m turning the pages of this 1950s Ladybird book to see what’s changed in wildlife, childhood, technology and me. The numbers of Song Thrushes have halved from 1970 to 2015.
A walk on Orley Common
Orley Common is a true common – absolutely no-one owns it or has ever owned it – it belongs to us all. …
Song Thrush – forty years ago in my nature notebooks
Forty years ago I was a small child on a mission – to see wildlife and to feel the joy of observing …