Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots
Over sixty years ago, Jane Goodall travelled from England to what is known today as Tanzania. There, driven by her fascination with wildlife, she studied
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Category: Nature
The Silver Birch
Pioneer Trees At the most recent session of the adult forest school I attend, we spent some time appreciating silver birch trees. So much so,
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Time To Sit
The nature reserve. The magnet which draws me and camera at any time of day. Bank holiday Monday was fine weather, so I spent a
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Silence In The Snow
Recent snowfall has offered many opportunities for photography. It has also led to a dramatic increase in avian diners, including chaffinches and starlings which I
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National Tree Week
National Tree Week runs from 26 November to 4 December this year. The theme is ‘hidden connections’, celebrating the life support system which sustains our
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Let Fallen Leaves Lie
Autumn leaves fall, collecting in piles along roadsides, and creating colourful carpets across open areas. They can be slippery, encourage blockages, and deprive lawn spaces
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Fox Fathers
There are many examples of good fathers across the animal kingdom. Seahorses, for example, who fertilise and incubate the eggs, then give birth to their
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Otters
The closing lines of ‘Tarka The Otter’, by Henry Williamson, remain as fresh in my mind today as they were around forty years ago when
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Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
My first sighting of a Hummingbird Hawk-Moth was in north-west France, over thirty years ago. These exquisite day flying moths are summer visitors to the
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Bug Hunt
The arrival of rain this week coincided with a bug hunt I’d booked at a nature reserve. The deluge was great for gastropods, but not
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