Trendlebere Down

Fluttering parachute display

I spent an hour last week searching for the Tree Pipit on Yarner Heath. I’ve seen it there before, and photographed it …

A trip to Trendlebere Down gives us a chance to photograph Stonechats. This female had just eaten a bee and was doing …

I’ve had a wonderful time watching the Stonechats on Trendlebere Down. I’ve spent a couple of afternoons with them, observing them at …

It’s a glorious day on Dartmoor. My favourite little characters are busy feeding and avoiding death by predator: This family of Stonechats …

If there’s an hour to spare I want to be with my new, adoptive family. There’s Mr Stonechat: And there’s Mrs Stonechat: …

Last April I was determined to spend some quality time with my local Stonechats and get some photographs while I was with …

I may have become slightly obsessed. I’ve just spent a couple of afternoons up on Trendlebere Down on the east of Dartmoor. …

It’s a wonderful evening, with soft evening light, on Trendlebere Down on Dartmoor. There’s the familiar sound of twittering as a small …

The ground on Trendlebere Down is full of surprises at this time of year. In amongst the understory of bracken and bilberries …

Oak trees are our most common native tree. They host hundreds of species of insects because they’ve had the time to develop …

I’m looking for a fungus. It’s not just any fungus, it’s a parasitic fungus which grows on another fungus. I’ve seen it …

A few days ago I went looking for Stonechats on Trendlebere Down and met this female: Stonechats on Trendlebere Down and Tunnicliffe’s …

It’s a beautiful day up on Trendlebere Down, an area of heathland on the east of Dartmoor in Devon. There’s a lilting …

Stumbling through the undergrowth on Trendlebere Down, part of East Dartmoor National Nature Reserve, I find a complete Roe Deer skeleton. It’s …